And ^jDavid was the father of Solomon by ^kthe wife of Uriah, ⁷and ^lSolomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,² ⁸and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, ^mand Joram the father of Uzziah, ⁹and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, ¹⁰and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,³ and Amos the father of Josiah, ¹¹and ⁿJosiah the father of ^oJechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹²And after the deportation to Babylon: ^pJechoniah was the father of ^qShealtiel,⁴ and ^rShealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, ¹⁴and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob the father of ^sJoseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to ^tthe Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

¹⁸Now the birth of ^uJesus Christ⁵ took place in this way. ^vWhen his mother Mary had been betrothed⁶ to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child ^wfrom the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling ^xto put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. ²⁰But as he considered these things, behold, ^yan angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will bear a son, and ^zyou shall call his name Jesus, ^afor he will save his people from their sins.” ²²^bAll this took place ^cto fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

²³^d“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name ^eImmanuel”

(which means, God ^fwith us). ²⁴When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, ²⁵but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And ^ghe called his name Jesus.

The Visit of the Wise Men

2Now ^hafter Jesus was born in ⁱBethlehem of Judea ^jin the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men¹ from ^kthe east came to Jerusalem,

Read in Logos

Matthew 1:18: Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Footnotes

2Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8
3Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse
4Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse
5Some manuscripts of the Christ
6That is, legally pledged to be married
1Greek magi; also verses 7, 16

Cross references

i 1 Sam. 16:1; 17:12
j 2 Sam. 12:24
k 2 Sam. 12:10
lFor ver. 7–10, see 1 Chr. 3:10–14
m[2 Kgs. 15:1; 1 Chr. 3:11, 12]
n 1 Chr. 3:15, 16
o Esth. 2:6; Jer. 24:1; 27:20
p 1 Chr. 3:17–19
q Luke 3:27
r Ezra 3:2
s Luke 3:23
tch. 2:4; 11:2; 16:16; 22:42; 23:10; Mark 8:29; Luke 3:15; [John 1:41; 4:25]
uver. 1; Mark 1:1; John 1:17; 17:3; [ver. 16]
v Luke 1:27
w Luke 1:35
x[Deut. 24:1]
ych. 2:13, 19; [ch. 2:12, 22]
zver. 25; Luke 1:31; 2:21
a Luke 2:11; Acts 4:12; 5:31; 13:23, 38; [Acts 3:26]
bch. 21:4; 26:56; John 19:36
cch. 2:15, 23; 4:14; Mark 14:49
dCited from Isa. 7:14
e Isa. 8:8, 10
fSee ch. 28:20
gver. 21
h Luke 2:4–7
i Luke 2:15; John 7:42
j Luke 1:5
k[Gen. 25:6; 1 Kgs. 4:30]