John 3: 16 God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not die but have eternal life.

 Matthew 2: 1-3 Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea during the reign of Herod. After his birth astrologers from the east arrived in Jerusalem , asking, ‘Where is the child who is born to be king of the Jews? We observed the rising of his star, and we have come to pay him homage.’