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Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
the Second Week of Advent

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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

¹ An^(C1) account^(C2) of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,^(C3) the Son of Abraham:^(C4)

From Abraham to David

² Abraham fathered^(F1) Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,^(C1)

³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,^(C1)

⁴ Aram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon,

Nahshon fathered Salmon,

⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,^(C1)

⁶ and Jesse fathered King David.

From David to the Babylonian Exile

David fathered Solomon^(F1) by Uriah’s wife,^(C1)

⁷ Solomon fathered Rehoboam,

Rehoboam fathered Abijah,

Abijah fathered Asa,^(F1)

⁸ Asa^(F1) fathered Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,^(F2)

Joram fathered Uzziah,^(C1)

⁹ Uzziah fathered Jotham,

Jotham fathered Ahaz,

Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,

Manasseh fathered Amon,^(F1)

Amon fathered Josiah,^(C1)

¹¹ and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.^(C1)

From the Exile to the Christ

¹² After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

¹³ Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,

Abiud fathered Eliakim,

Eliakim fathered Azor,^(C1)

¹⁴ Azor fathered Zadok,

Zadok fathered Achim,

Achim fathered Eliud,

¹⁵ Eliud fathered Eleazar,

Eleazar fathered Matthan,

Matthan fathered Jacob,

¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,

who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Christ.^(C1)

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Christ, fourteen generations.^(C1)

The Nativity of the Christ

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged^(F1) to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.^(C1) ¹⁹ So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man,^(C1) and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.^(C2)

²⁰ But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.^(C1) ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,^(C1) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(C2)

²² Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

²³ See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,^(F1)

which is translated “God is with us.”^(C1)

²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her^(C1) ²⁵ but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.^(F1) And he named him Jesus.^(C1)