Matthew 1

¹Matthew 1:1. This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

²Matthew 1:2. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.³Matthew 1:3. Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.⁴Matthew 1:4. Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.⁵Matthew 1:5. Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,⁶Matthew 1:6. and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

⁷Matthew 1:7. Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.⁸Matthew 1:8. Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.⁹Matthew 1:9. Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.¹⁰Matthew 1:10. Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,¹¹Matthew 1:11. and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

¹²Matthew 1:12. After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,¹³Matthew 1:13. Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.¹⁴Matthew 1:14. Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.¹⁵Matthew 1:15. Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,¹⁶Matthew 1:16. and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.¹⁷Matthew 1:17. 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.

¹⁸Matthew 1:18. 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.¹⁹Matthew 1:19. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.²⁰Matthew 1:20. 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.²¹Matthew 1:21. 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.”²²Matthew 1:22. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:²³Matthew 1:23. “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).²⁴Matthew 1:24. When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.²⁵Matthew 1:25. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.