1This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham.G976G1078G2424G5547G5207G1138G5207G11 2Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.G11G1080G2464G1161G2464G1080G2384G1161G2384G1080G2455G2532G846G80 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar) Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.G1161G2455G1080G5329G2532G2196G1537G2283G1161G5329G1080G2074G1161G2074G1080G689 4Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.G1161G689G1080G284G1161G284G1080G3476G1161G3476G1080G4533 5Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab). Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth). Obed was the father of Jesse.G1161G4533G1080G1003G1537G4477G1161G1003G1080G5601G1537G4503G1161G5601G1080G2421 6Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).G1161G2421G1080G1138G935G1161G1138G935G1080G4672G1537G3588G3774 7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.G1161G4672G1080G4497G1161G4497G1080G7G1161G7G1080G760 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.G1161G760G1080G2498G1161G2498G1080G2496G1161G2496G1080G3604 9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.G1161G3604G1080G2488G1161G2488G1080G881G1161G881G1080G1478 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.G1161G1478G1080G3128G1161G3128G1080G300G1161G300G1080G2502 11Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).G1161G2502G1080G2423G2532G846G80G1909G3350G897 12After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.G1161G3326G3350G897G2423G1080G4528G1161G4528G1080G2216 13Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.G1161G2216G1080G10G1161G10G1080G1662G1161G1662G1080G107 14Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud.G1161G107G1080G4524G1161G4524G1080G885G1161G885G1080G1664 15Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.G1161G1664G1080G1648G1161G1648G1080G3157G1161G3157G1080G2384 16Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.G1161G2384G1080G2501G435G3137G1537G3739G1080G2424G3588G3004G5547 17All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.G3767G3956G1074G575G11G2193G1138G1180G1074G2532G575G1138G2193G3350G897G1180G1074G2532G575G3350G897G2193G5547G1180G1074 18This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.G1161G1083G2424G5547G2258G3779G1063G846G3384G3137G3423G2501G4250G2228G846G4905G2147G1722G1064G2192G1537G40G4151 19Joseph, her fiance, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.G1161G2501G846G435G5607G1342G2532G3361G2309G3856G846G3856G1014G630G846G630G2977 20As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.G1161G846G1760G5023G2400G32G2962G5316G846G2596G3677G3004G2501G5207G1138G5399G3361G3880G4675G3137G1135G1063G1080G1722G846G2076G1537G40G4151 21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."G1161G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424G1063G846G4982G846G2992G575G846G266 22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet.G1161G3650G5124G1096G2443G4137G3588G4483G5259G2962G1223G4396G3004 23"Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'"G2400G3933G1722G1064G2192G2532G5088G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G1694G3739G3177G2076G2316G3326G2257 24When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.G1161G2501G1326G575G5258G4160G5613G32G2962G4367G846G2532G3880G846G1135 25But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.G2532G1097G846G3756G2193G3739G5088G846G4416G5207G2532G2564G846G3686G2424
2Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,G1161G2424G1080G1722G965G2449G1722G2250G2264G935G2400G3854G3097G575G395G1519G24142"Where is the newborn king of the Jews—We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him."G3004G4226G2076G5088G935G2453G1063G1492G846G792G1722G395G2532G2064G4352G8463King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.G1161G2264G935G191G5015G2532G3956G2414G3326G8464He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, "Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?"G2532G4863G3956G749G2532G1122G2992G4863G4441G3844G846G4226G5547G10805"In Bethlehem in Judea," they said, "for this is what the prophet wrote.G1161G2036G846G1722G965G2449G1063G3779G1125G1223G43966'And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.'"G2532G4771G965G1093G2448G1488G3760G1646G1722G2232G2448G1063G1537G4675G1831G2233G3748G4165G3450G2992G24747Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.G5119G2264G2977G2564G3097G198G3844G846G198G5550G792G53168Then he told them, "Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!"G2532G3992G846G1519G965G2036G4198G1833G199G4012G3813G1161G1875G2147G518G3427G518G3704G2064G4352G846G25049After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.G1161G191G935G4198G2532G2400G792G3739G1492G1722G395G4254G846G2193G2064G2476G1883G3757G3813G225810When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!G1161G1492G792G5463G4970G3173G547911They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.G2532G2064G1519G3614G2147G1492G3813G3326G3137G846G3384G2532G4098G4352G846G2532G455G846G2344G4374G846G1435G5557G2532G3030G2532G466612When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.G2532G5537G2596G3677G344G3361G344G4314G2264G402G1519G846G5561G1223G243G359813After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother," the angel said. "Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."G1161G846G402G2400G32G2962G5316G2501G2596G3677G3004G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G2532G5343G1519G125G2532G2468G1563G2193G302G2036G4671G2036G1063G2264G3195G2212G3813G622G84614That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,G1161G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G3571G2532G402G1519G12515and they stayed there until Herod's death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "I called my Son out of Egypt."G2532G2258G1563G2193G5054G2264G2443G4137G3588G4483G5259G2962G1223G4396G3004G1537G125G2564G3450G520716Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men's report of the star's first appearance.G5119G2264G1492G3754G1702G5259G3097G3029G2373G2532G649G337G3956G3816G1722G965G2532G1722G3956G3725G846G575G1332G2532G2736G2596G5550G3739G198G3844G309717Herod's brutal action fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah.G5119G4137G3588G4483G5259G2408G4396G300418"A cry was heard in Ramah—weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead."G1722G4471G191G5456G191G2355G2532G2805G2532G4183G3602G4478G2799G846G5043G2532G2309G3756G3870G3754G1526G375619When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.G1161G2264G5053G2400G32G2962G5316G2596G3677G2501G1722G12520"Get up!" the angel said. "Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead."G3004G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G2532G4198G1519G1093G2474G1063G2348G3588G2212G3813G559021So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.G1161G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G2532G2064G1519G1093G247422But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod's son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then, after being warned in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee.G1161G191G3754G745G936G1909G2449G473G846G3962G2264G5399G565G1563G1161G5537G2596G3677G402G1519G3313G105623So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said: "He will be called a Nazarene."G2532G2064G2730G1519G4172G3004G3478G3704G4137G3588G4483G1223G4396G3754G2564G3480
3In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,G1161G1722G1565G2250G3854G2491G910G2784G1722G2048G2449 2"Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near."G2532G3004G3340G1063G932G3772G1448 3The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the LORD's coming! Clear the road for him!'"G1063G3778G2076G4483G5259G4396G2268G3004G5456G994G1722G2048G2090G3598G2962G4160G846G5147G2117 4John's clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.G1161G846G2491G2192G846G1742G575G2574G2359G2532G1193G2223G4012G846G3751G1161G846G5160G2258G200G2532G66G3192 5People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John.G5119G1607G4314G846G2414G2532G3956G2449G2532G3956G4066G2446 6And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.G2532G907G5259G846G1722G2446G1843G846G266 7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. "You brood of snakes!" he exclaimed. "Who warned you to flee God's coming wrath?G1161G1492G4183G5330G2532G4523G2064G1909G846G908G2036G846G1081G2191G5101G5263G5213G5343G575G3709G3195 8Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.G4160G3767G2590G514G3341 9Don't just say to each other, 'We're safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.' That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.G2532G1380G3361G3004G1722G1438G2192G11G3962G1063G3004G5213G3754G2316G1410G1537G5130G3037G1453G5043G11 10Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.G1161G2235G2532G513G2749G4314G4491G1186G3767G3956G1186G4160G3361G4160G2570G2590G1581G2532G906G1519G4442 11"I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I'm not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.G1473G3303G907G5209G1722G5204G1519G3341G1161G2064G3694G3450G2076G2478G3450G3739G5266G1510G3756G2425G941G846G907G5209G1722G40G4151G2532G4442 12He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."G3739G4425G1722G846G5495G2532G1245G846G257G2532G4863G846G4621G1519G596G1161G2618G892G762G4442 13Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.G5119G3854G2424G575G1056G1909G2446G4314G2491G907G5259G846 14But John tried to talk him out of it. "I am the one who needs to be baptized by you," he said, "so why are you coming to me?"G1161G2491G1254G3004G1473G2192G5532G907G5259G4675G2532G2064G4771G4314G3165 15But Jesus said, "It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires." So John agreed to baptize him.G1161G2424G611G2036G4314G846G863G737G1063G3779G4241G2076G2254G4137G3956G1343G5119G863G846 16After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.G2532G2424G907G305G2117G575G5204G2532G2400G3772G455G846G2532G1492G4151G2316G2597G5616G4058G2532G2064G1909G846 17And a voice from heaven said, "This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy."G2532G2400G5456G1537G3772G3004G3778G2076G3450G27G5207G1722G3739G2106
4Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil.G5119G2424G321G5259G4151G1519G2048G3985G5259G1228 2For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.G2532G3522G5062G2250G2532G5062G3571G5305G3983 3During that time the devil came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread."G2532G3985G4334G846G2036G1487G1488G5207G2316G2036G2443G3778G3037G1096G740 4But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say, 'People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"G1161G611G2036G1125G444G2198G3756G2198G1909G740G3441G235G1909G3956G4487G1607G1223G4750G2316 5Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,G5119G1228G3880G846G3880G1519G40G4172G2532G2476G846G1909G4419G2411 6and said, "If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, 'He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone.'"G2532G3004G846G1487G1488G5207G2316G906G4572G2736G1063G1125G3754G1781G846G32G1781G4012G4675G2532G1909G5495G142G4571G142G3379G4350G4675G4228G4314G3037 7Jesus responded, "The Scriptures also say, 'You must not test the LORD your God.'"G2424G5346G846G1125G3825G1598G3756G1598G2962G4675G2316 8Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.G3825G1228G3880G846G3880G1519G3029G5308G3735G2532G1166G846G3956G932G2889G2532G1391G846 9"I will give it all to you," he said, "if you will kneel down and worship me."G2532G3004G846G3956G5023G1325G4671G1437G4098G4352G3427 10"Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures say, 'You must worship the LORD your God and serve only him.'"G5119G3004G2424G846G5217G4567G1063G1125G4352G2962G4675G2316G2532G846G3441G3000 11Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.G5119G1228G863G846G2532G2400G32G4334G2532G1247G846 12When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.G1161G2424G191G3754G2491G3860G402G1519G1056 13He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.G2532G2641G3478G2064G2730G1519G2584G3588G3864G1722G3725G2194G2532G3508 14This fulfilled what God said through the prophet Isaiah.G2443G4137G3588G4483G1223G2268G4396G3004 15"In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali, beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River, in Galilee where so many Gentiles live,G1093G2194G2532G1093G3508G3598G2281G4008G2446G1056G1484 16the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined."G2992G3588G2521G1722G4655G1492G3173G5457G2532G3588G2521G1722G5561G2532G4639G2288G5457G393G846 17From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near."G575G5119G2424G756G2784G2532G3004G3340G1063G932G3772G1448 18One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.G1161G2424G4043G3844G2281G1056G1492G1417G80G4613G3004G4074G2532G406G846G80G906G293G1519G2281G1063G2258G231 19Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!"G2532G3004G846G1205G3694G3450G2532G4160G5209G231G444 20And they left their nets at once and followed him.G1161G2112G863G1350G190G846 21A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too.G2532G4260G1564G1492G243G1417G80G2385G3588G2199G2532G2491G846G80G1722G4143G3326G2199G846G3962G2675G846G1350G2532G2564G846 22They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.G1161G2112G863G4143G2532G846G3962G190G846 23Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.G2532G2424G4013G3650G1056G1321G1722G846G4864G2532G2784G2098G932G2532G2323G3956G3554G2532G3956G3119G1722G2992 24News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all.G2532G846G189G565G1519G3650G4947G2532G4374G846G3956G2560G2192G4912G4164G3554G2532G931G2532G1139G2532G4583G2532G3885G2532G2323G846 25Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.G2532G190G846G4183G3793G575G1056G2532G1179G2532G2414G2532G2449G2532G4008G2446
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