I was going over Matthew 2 the other day. The wise men had come to Jerusalem searching for the one who had been born king of the Jews. Herod sent them to Bethlehem to find the child. They left, and the star that they had seen earlier went ahead of them and stopped over the place where Jesus was. I’ll let Matthew continue:

“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him” (Matthew 2:10-11).

Notice that Matthew makes it plain that the wise men worshiped Jesus. I’m sure the mother and child were an awesome pair to behold: the virgin who had conceived and her boy the Son of God. If Matthew had said simply, “and they fell down and worshiped,” there could have been ambiguity about who they were worshiping. But the text says clearly that they fell down and worshiped him.

The wise men worshiped Jesus.

They didn’t worship his mother.