Matthew 1–2

CHAPTER 1

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

¹The book of the genealogy of ¹Jesus ²Christ, ^athe son of David, ^bthe son of Abraham:

²Abraham ¹was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of ²Judah and his brothers.

³And Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and ^aPerez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of ¹Ram.

⁴And Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

⁵And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

⁶And Jesse was the father of David the king. And David ^awas the father of Solomon by ¹the wife of Uriah.

⁷And Solomon ^awas the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of ¹Asa.

⁸And Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of ¹Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah.

⁹And Uzziah was the father of ¹Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

¹⁰And Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of ¹Amon, and Amon was the ^afather of Josiah.

¹¹And Josiah was the father of ¹Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^adeportation to Babylon.

¹²And after the ^adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of ¹Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

¹³And Zerubbabel was the father of ¹Abihud, and Abihud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor.

¹⁴And Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud.

¹⁵And Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob.

¹⁶And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^awho is called ¹Christ.

¹⁷Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the ^adeportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^bdeportation to Babylon to ¹the Christ, fourteen generations.

The Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus ¹Christ was as follows: when His ^amother Mary had been ²betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^bfound to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned ^1ato send her away secretly.

²⁰But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the ¹Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “^aJoseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ²the One who has been ³conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

²¹“And she will bear a Son; and ^ayou shall call His name Jesus, for ¹He ^bwill save His people from their sins.”

²²Now all this ¹took place in order that what was ^aspoken by the ²Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

²³“^aBehold, the virgin shall be with ^bchild and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name ¹Immanuel,” which translated means, “^cGod with us.”

²⁴And Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the ¹Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

²⁵¹but kept her a virgin until she ^2agave birth to a Son; and ^bhe called His name Jesus.

CHAPTER 2

The Visit of the Magi

¹Now after Jesus was ^aborn in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of ^bHerod the king, behold, ¹magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

²“Where is He who has been born ^aKing of the Jews? For we saw ^bHis star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

³And when Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁴And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the ¹Christ was to be born.

⁵And they said to him, “^aIn Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written ¹by the prophet:

⁶‘^aAnd you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,

Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah;

For out of you shall come forth a Leader

Who will ^bshepherd My people Israel.’”

⁷Then Herod secretly called the magi and carefully determined from them ¹the time ^athe star appeared.

⁸And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

⁹Now after hearing the king, they went their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, was going on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.

¹⁰And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

¹¹And after coming into the house they saw the Child with ^aMary His mother; and they ¹fell to the ground and ^bworshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

¹²And having been ^awarned ^bin a dream not to return to Herod, the magi departed for their own country by another way.

The Flight to Egypt

¹³Now when they had departed, behold, an ^aangel of the ¹Lord ^*bappeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.”

¹⁴So ¹Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and departed for Egypt.

¹⁵And he ¹remained there until the death of Herod, in order that what had been spoken by the ²Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, “^aOut of Egypt I called ^bMy Son.”

Herod Slaughters Children

¹⁶Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by ^athe magi, he became very enraged, and sent and ^bslew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully determined from the magi.

¹⁷Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

¹⁸“^aA voice was heard in Ramah,

Weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

And she was refusing to be comforted,

Because they were no more.”

¹⁹But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the ¹Lord ^*aappeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

²⁰“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

²¹So ¹Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

²²But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being ^awarned by God in a dream, he departed for the district of Galilee,

²³and came and lived in a city called ^aNazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets would be fulfilled: “He shall be called a ^bNazarene.”