Matthew 1

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.