Matthew 1

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.G976G1078G2424G5547G5207G1138G5207G112To Abraham was born Isaac; and to Isaac, Jacob; and to Jacob, Judah and his brothers;G11G1080G2464G1161G2464G1080G2384G1161G2384G1080G2455G2532G846G803and to Judah were born Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and to Perez was born Hezron; and to Hezron, Ram;G1161G2455G1080G5329G2532G2196G1537G2283G1161G5329G1080G2074G1161G2074G1080G6894and to Ram was born Amminadab; and to Amminadab, Nahshon; and to Nahshon, Salmon;G1161G689G1080G284G1161G284G1080G3476G1161G3476G1080G45335and to Salmon was born Boaz by Rahab; and to Boaz was born Obed by Ruth; and to Obed, Jesse;G1161G4533G1080G1003G1537G4477G1161G1003G1080G5601G1537G4503G1161G5601G1080G24216and to Jesse was born David the king. And to David was born Solomon by her [who had been the wife] of Uriah;G1161G2421G1080G1138G935G1161G1138G935G1080G4672G1537G3588G37747and to Solomon was born Rehoboam; and to Rehoboam, Abijah; and to Abijah, Asa;G1161G4672G1080G4497G1161G4497G1080G7G1161G7G1080G7608and to Asa was born Jehoshaphat; and to Jehoshaphat, Joram; and to Joram, Uzziah;G1161G760G1080G2498G1161G2498G1080G2496G1161G2496G1080G36049and to Uzziah was born Jotham; and to Jotham, Ahaz; and to Ahaz, Hezekiah;G1161G3604G1080G2488G1161G2488G1080G881G1161G881G1080G147810and to Hezekiah was born Manasseh; and to Manasseh, Amon; and to Amon, Josiah;G1161G1478G1080G3128G1161G3128G1080G300G1161G300G1080G250211and to Josiah were born Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.G1161G2502G1080G2423G2532G846G80G1909G3350G89712And after the deportation to Babylon, to Jeconiah was born Shealtiel; and to Shealtiel, Zerubbabel;G1161G3326G3350G897G2423G1080G4528G1161G4528G1080G221613and to Zerubbabel was born Abihud; and to Abihud, Eliakim; and to Eliakim, Azor;G1161G2216G1080G10G1161G10G1080G1662G1161G1662G1080G10714and to Azor was born Zadok; and to Zadok, Achim; and to Achim, Eliud;G1161G107G1080G4524G1161G4524G1080G885G1161G885G1080G166415and to Eliud was born Eleazar; and to Eleazar, Matthan; and to Matthan, Jacob;G1161G1664G1080G1648G1161G1648G1080G3157G1161G3157G1080G238416and to Jacob was born Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.G1161G2384G1080G2501G435G3137G1537G3739G1080G2424G3588G3004G554717Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to [the time of] Christ fourteen generations.G3767G3956G1074G575G11G2193G1138G1180G1074G2532G575G1138G2193G3350G897G1180G1074G2532G575G3350G897G2193G5547G1180G1074

Conception and Birth of Jesus

18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.G1161G1083G2424G5547G2258G3779G1063G846G3384G3137G3423G2501G4250G2228G846G4905G2147G1722G1064G2192G1537G40G415119And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her, desired to put her away secretly.G1161G2501G846G435G5607G1342G2532G3361G2309G3856G846G3856G1014G630G846G630G297720But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.G1161G846G1760G5023G2400G32G2962G5316G846G2596G3677G3004G2501G5207G1138G5399G3361G3880G4675G3137G1135G1063G1080G1722G846G2076G1537G40G415121"And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins."G1161G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424G1063G846G4982G846G2992G575G846G26622Now all this took place that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,G1161G3650G5124G1096G2443G4137G3588G4483G5259G2962G1223G4396G300423"BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL," which translated means, "GOD WITH US."G2400G3933G1722G1064G2192G2532G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G1694G3739G3177G2076G2316G3326G225724And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took [her] as his wife,G1161G2501G1326G575G5258G4160G5613G32G2962G4367G846G2532G3880G846G113525and kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.G2532G1097G846G3756G2193G3739G5088G846G4416G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424