{"id":5293,"date":"2011-12-24T09:26:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2011-12-24T09:26:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T14:26:54","slug":"the-reason-you-never-hear-about-the-fourth-wise-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/the-reason-you-never-hear-about-the-fourth-wise-man.html","title":{"rendered":"The Reason You Never Hear About The Fourth Wise Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/the-reason-you-never-hear-about-the-fourth-wise-man.html\/4th-wise-man-with-fruitcake\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5294\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2011\/12\/4th-wise-man-with-fruitcake.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"850\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2507\/4206428860_f951c8c419.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gary Larson has the ending to the fourth wise man\u2019s tale. <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_o9OdjxY26rU\/RYbGRmZYAiI\/AAAAAAAAAZk\/9--DiblaPSY\/s400\/jeff+stahler.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">And Jeff Stahler has a different version of what the third wise man brought.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope you get gifts you like this holiday!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Larson has the ending to the fourth wise man\u2019s tale. 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