Matthew 1

Genealogy of Christ

Ruth 4:18–22; 1 Chr. 1:34, 2:1–15; Luke 3:31–34

1The book of the ^agenealogy ¹of Jesus Christ, ^bthe Son of David, ^cthe Son of Abraham:

^2dAbraham begot Isaac, ^eIsaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot ^fJudah and his brothers. ^3gJudah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^hPerez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. ⁴Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. ⁵Salmon begot ⁱBoaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, ⁶and ^jJesse begot David the king.

^kDavid the king begot Solomon by her ²who had been the wife of Uriah. ^7lSolomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot ^mAbijah, and Abijah begot ³Asa. ⁸Asa begot ⁿJehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot ^oUzziah. ⁹Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot ^pAhaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. ^10qHezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot ⁴Amon, and Amon begot ^rJosiah. ^11sJosiah begot ⁵Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were ^tcarried away to Babylon.

¹²And after they were brought to Babylon, ^uJeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot ^vZerubbabel. ¹³Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. ¹⁴Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. ¹⁵Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. ¹⁶And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of ^wMary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Birth of Christ

¹⁸Now the ^xbirth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child ^yof the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Then Joseph her husband, being ⁶a just man, and not wanting ^zto make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. ²⁰But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, ^afor that which is ⁷conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ^21bAnd she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name ⁸Jesus, ^cfor He will save His people from their sins.”

²²So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: ^23d“Behold, ⁹the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

²⁴Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, ²⁵and ¹did not know her till she had brought forth ^eher ²firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.