Matthew 1
The family and forefathers of Jesus
1Here are the names of the family and forefathers of Jesus Christ. Jesus was the son of David and the son of Abraham.
2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob and Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers. 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah and their mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron and Hezron was the father of Ram. 4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab was the father of Nahshon and Nahshon was the father of Salmon. 5Salmon was the father of Boaz and Boaz's mother was Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed and Obed's mother was Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse, 6and Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon and Solomon's mother was the wife of Uriah. 7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam was the father of Abijah and Abijah was the father of Asa. 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram and Joram was the father of Uzziah. 9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham was the father of Ahaz and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh was the father of Amon and Amon was the father of Josiah. 11Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers. This was the time when the people of Judea were taken away to be slaves in the land of Babylon.
12After the people of Judea were slaves in Babylon, Jehoiachin became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, 13Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud was the father of Eliakim and Eliakim was the father of Azor. 14Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Akim and Akim was the father of Elihud. 15Elihud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar was the father of Matthan and Matthan was the father of Jacob. 16Jacob was the father of Joseph and Joseph was Mary's husband. Mary was the mother of Jesus who was named the Messiah.
17From Abraham to King David there were 14 generations. From King David to the time when the people of Judea became slaves in Babylon, there were 14 generations and from the time when they were slaves in Babylon to the time when Christ was born, there were 14 generations.
Jesus Christ is born
18This is what happened before Jesus Christ was born: His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph. They were not married and they had not slept together, but Mary found out that she was going to have a baby. She became pregnant by the Holy_Spirit. 19Joseph was engaged to Mary. He was a good man who always did what was right. He decided not to marry Mary, but he did not tell this to anyone. He did not want people to say bad things about Mary. 20Joseph made plans to leave Mary, but an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream while he was sleeping. The angel said: ‘Joseph, son of David, you must marry Mary. Do not be afraid to do it. She is going to have a Baby, but it is the Holy_Spirit who has made her pregnant.
21She will have a Son and his name must be Jesus, because He will save his people from their sins.’
22All these things happened as the prophet had said:
23‘The virgin will become pregnant
and she will have a son,
and his name will be Immanuel.
Immanuel means God is with us.’
24When Joseph woke up from his sleep, he did what the angel of the Lord had told him and he married Mary. 25He did not have sex with her. He waited until after the Child was born. Joseph named the Baby Jesus.
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