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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

¹ The ^(F1)record of the genealogy of ^(F2)Jesus ^(F3)the Messiah, ^(C1)the son of David, ^(C2)the son of Abraham:

² Abraham ^(F1)was the father of Isaac, ^(F2)Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of ^(F3)Judah and his brothers.³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C1)Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of ^(F1)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 was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.

⁶ Jesse was the father of David the king. David ^(C1)was the father of Solomon by ^(F1)Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.⁷ Solomon ^(C1)was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of ^(F1)Asa.⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of ^(F1)Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.⁹ Uzziah was the father of ^(F1)Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of ^(F1)Amon, and Amon the ^(C1)father of Josiah.¹¹ Josiah became the father of ^(F1)Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon.

¹² After the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of ^(F1)Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.¹³ Zerubbabel was the father of ^(F1)Abihud, Abihud 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, and Matthan the father of Jacob.¹⁶ Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(C1)who is called ^(F1)the Messiah.

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

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 Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "^(C1)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^(F1)the Child who has been ^(F2)conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.²¹ "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 to fulfill what was ^(C1)spoken by the Lord through the prophet: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 ^(F1)awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,^25 (F1)but kept her a virgin until she ^(C1)gave birth to a Son; and ^(C2)he called His name Jesus.