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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

^1 (a)The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, ^(b)the son of David, ^(c)the son of Abraham.

^2 (d)Abraham was the father of Isaac, and ^(e)Isaac the father of Jacob, and ^(f)Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, ³ and ^(g)Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,^{[a] 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 ^(h)Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, ⁶ and ⁽ⁱ⁾Jesse the father of David the king.

And ^(j)David was the father of Solomon by ^(k)the wife of Uriah, ⁷ and ^(l)Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,^{[b] 8} and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, ^(m)and 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,^[c] and Amos the father of Josiah, ¹¹ and ⁽ⁿ⁾Josiah the father of ^(o)Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹² And after the deportation to Babylon: ^(p)Jechoniah was the father of ^(q)Shealtiel,^[d] and ^(r)Shealtiel 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 ^(s)Joseph 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 ^(t)the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

¹⁸ Now the birth of ^(u)Jesus Christ^[e] took place in this way. ^(v)When his mother Mary had been betrothed^[f] to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child ^(w)from the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling ^(x)to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. ²⁰ But as he considered these things, behold, ^(y)an 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 ^(z)you shall call his name Jesus, ^(aa)for he will save his people from their sins." ^22 (ab)All this took place ^(ac)to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

(which means, God ^(af)with 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 ^(ag)he called his name Jesus.