Matthew 1:6–2:1

⁶and Jesse became the father of David the king.

And David became the father of Solomon by the wife^* of Uriah, ⁷and Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam became the father of Abijah, and Abijah became the father of Asa,^{b 8}and Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat,^c and Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram, and Joram became the father of Uzziah, ⁹and Uzziah became the father of Jotham, and Jotham became the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah, ¹⁰and Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh became the father of Amon,^d and Amon became the father of Josiah, ¹¹and Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹²And after the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,^e and Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³and Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud, and Abiud became the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim became the father of Azor, ¹⁴and Azor became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Achim, and Achim became the father of Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud became the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar became the father of Matthan, and Matthan became the father of Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary by whom^f was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹⁷Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ are fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ occurred in this way. His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant^g by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly. ²⁰But as^* he was considering 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 Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹And she will give birth to a son, and you will call his name ‘Jesus,’ because he will save his people from their sins.” ²²Now all this happened in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

²³“Behold, the virgin will become pregnant^h and will give birth to a son,

and they will call his name Emmanuel,”ⁱ

which is translated, “God with us.”^{j 24}And Joseph, when he^* woke up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife ²⁵and did not have sexual relations with^k her until she gave birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Wise Men Visit Jesus

2Now after^* Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,