| 1 | The book of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham. |
| 2 | Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, |
| 3 | Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram, |
| 4 | Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, |
| 5 | Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, |
| 6 | Jesse the father of King David, King David the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah, |
| 7 | Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, |
| 8 | Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram [Jehoram], Joram the father of Uzziah, |
| 9 | Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, |
| 10 | Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, |
| 11 | And Josiah became the father of Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] and his brothers about the time of the removal (deportation) to Babylon. |
| 12 | After the exile to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel [Salathiel], Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, |
| 13 | Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, |
| 14 | Azor the father of Sadoc, Sadoc the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, |
| 15 | Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, |
| 16 | Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called the Christ. (the Messiah, the Anointed) |
| 17 | So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the Babylonian exile (deportation) fourteen generations, from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations. |
| 18 | Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through the power] of the Holy Spirit. |
| 19 | And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just
and
upright man and not willing to expose her publicly
and
to shame
and
disgrace her, decided to repudiate
and
dismiss (divorce) her quietly
and
secretly. |
| 20 | But as he was thinking this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of (from, out of) the Holy Spirit. |
| 21 | She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from
[a]failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God]. |
| 22 | All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet, |
| 23 | Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel—which, when translated, means, God with us. |
| 24 | Then Joseph, being aroused from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him: he took [her to his side as] his wife. |
| 25 | But he had no union with her as her husband until she had borne
her firstborn
Son; and he called His name Jesus. |
Cross references:
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Matthew 1:1 : Ps. 132:11; Isa. 11:1.
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Matthew 1:6 : Ruth 4:18-22; I Chron. 2:13-15.
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Matthew 1:11 : II Kings 24:14; I Chron. 3:15, 16.
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Matthew 1:23 : Isa. 7:14.
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