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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

¹ The book of the genealogy of ^(F1)Jesus ^(F2)Christ, ^(C1)the son of David, ^(C2)the son of Abraham:

² Abraham ^(F1)was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of ^(F2)Judah and his brothers.³ And Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and ^(C1)Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of ^(F1)Ram.⁴ And Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon.⁵ And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse.⁶ And Jesse was the father of David the king. And David ^(C1)was the father of Solomon by ^(F1)the wife of Uriah.⁷ And Solomon ^(C1)was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of ^(F1)Asa.⁸ And Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of ^(F1)Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah.⁹ And Uzziah was the father of ^(F1)Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.¹⁰ And Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of ^(F1)Amon, and Amon was the ^(C1)father of Josiah.¹¹ And Josiah was the father of ^(F1)Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon.

¹² And after the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of ^(F1)Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.¹³ And Zerubbabel was the father of ^(F1)Abihud, and Abihud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor.¹⁴ And Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud.¹⁵ And Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob.¹⁶ And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(C1)who is called ^(F1)Christ.

¹⁷ Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon to ^(F1)the Christ, fourteen generations.

The Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus ^(F1)Christ was as follows: when His ^(C1)mother Mary had been ^(F2)betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(C2)found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.¹⁹ And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned ^(F1)(C1)to send her away secretly.²⁰ But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the ^(F1)Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "^(C1)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^(F2)the One who has been ^(F3)conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.²¹ "And she will bear a Son; and ^(C1)you shall call His name Jesus, for ^(F1)He ^(C2)will save His people from their sins."²² Now all this ^(F1)took place in order that what was ^(C1)spoken by the ^(F2)Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,²³ "^(C1)BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH ^(C2)CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME ^(F1)IMMANUEL," which translated means, "^(C3)GOD WITH US."²⁴ And Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the ^(F1)Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,^25 (F1)but kept her a virgin until she ^(F2)(C1)gave birth to a Son; and ^(C2)he called His name Jesus.