Matthew 1
1 The book of the origin of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
2 Abraham fathered Isaac; Isaac fathered Jacob; Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar; Perez fathered Hezron; Hezron fathered Ram.
4 Ram fathered Amminadab; Amminadab fathered Nahshon; Nahshon fathered Salmon.
5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab; Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth; Obed fathered Jesse.
6 Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife.
7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam; Rehoboam fathered Abijah; Abijah fathered Asaph.
8 Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat fathered Joram; Joram fathered Uzziah.
9 Uzziah fathered Jotham; Jotham fathered Ahaz; Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh; Manasseh fathered Amos; Amos fathered Josiah.
11 Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel; Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud; Abiud fathered Eliakim; Eliakim fathered Azor.
14 Azor fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Achim; Achim fathered Eliud.
15 Eliud fathered Eleazar; Eleazar fathered Matthan; Matthan fathered Jacob.
16 Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David number fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
18 The origin of Jesus Christ was as follows: Mary, his mother, was pledged in marriage to Joseph, and before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her publicly, so he decided to divorce her in secret.
20 While he was thinking this over, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this happened so that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled:
23 “The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will call him by the name Emmanuel,” which means, “God with us.”
24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife.
25 But he did not have relations with her until she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
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