Matthew 1:6–2:1

⁶Jesse the father of King David. 

David and Uriah’s wife ⸤Bathsheba⸥ were the father and mother of Solomon. 

⁷Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, 

Rehoboam the father of Abijah, 

Abijah the father of Asa, 

⁸Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, 

Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, 

Joram the father of Uzziah, 

⁹Uzziah the father of Jotham, 

Jotham the father of Ahaz, 

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 

¹⁰Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, 

Manasseh the father of Amon, 

Amon the father of Josiah. 

¹¹Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers. 

They lived at the time when the people were exiled to Babylon. 

¹²After the exile to Babylon, 

Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. 

Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, 

¹³Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, 

Abiud the father of Eliakim, 

Eliakim the father of Azor, 

¹⁴Azor the father of Zadok, 

Zadok the father of Achim, 

Achim the father of Eliud, 

¹⁵Eliud the father of Eleazar, 

Eleazar the father of Matthan, 

Matthan the father of Jacob. 

¹⁶Jacob was the father of Joseph, who was the husband of Mary. 

Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called Christ. 

¹⁷So there were 

14 generations from Abraham to David, 

14 generations from David until the exile to Babylon, 

14 generations from the exile until the Messiah. 

The Virgin Birth of Jesus

¹⁸The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: His mother Mary had been promised to Joseph in marriage. But before they were married, Mary realized that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly. 

²⁰Joseph had this in mind when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said to him, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife. She is pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus ^[He Saves^[, because he will save his people from their sins.” ²²All this happened so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet came true: ²³“The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.” 

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him to do. He took Mary to be his wife. ²⁵He did not have marital relations with her before she gave birth to a son. Joseph named the child Jesus. 

2ND CHAPTER

The Wise Men Visit

¹Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea when Herod was king. After Jesus’ birth wise men^afrom the east arrived in Jerusalem.