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The Genealogy of Jesus

(Ruth 4:18-22; Luke 3:23-38)

¹ This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:² Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.⁴ Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,⁶ and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,⁷ Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.⁹ Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah,¹¹ and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.¹² After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.¹⁵ Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,¹⁶ and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.¹⁷ In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

The Birth of Jesus

(Isaiah 7:10-16; Micah 5:1-6; Luke 2:1-7)

¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with Child through the Holy Spirit.¹⁹ Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.²⁰ But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.²¹ She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”²² All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:²³ “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel^(a)” (which means, “God with us”).²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.²⁵ But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.