Matthew 1
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
aThe book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, bthe son of David, cthe son of Abraham.
2 aAbraham was the father of Isaac, and bIsaac the father of Jacob, and cJacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and aJudah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by aRahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and aJesse the father of David the king.
And bDavid was the father of Solomon by cthe wife of Uriah, 7 and aSolomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, aand Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and aJosiah the father of bJechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 And after the deportation to Babylon: aJechoniah was the father of bShealtiel, and cShealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of aJoseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to athe Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ
18 Now the birth of aJesus Christ took place in this way. bWhen his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child cfrom the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling ato put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, aan angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and ayou shall call his name Jesus, bfor he will save his people from their sins.” 22 aAll this took place bto fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 a“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name bImmanuel”
(which means, God cwith us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And ahe called his name Jesus. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway,
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