Matthew 1

Chapter 1

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

¹The ¹record of the genealogy of ²Jesus ³the Messiah, ^athe son of David, ^bthe son of Abraham:

²Abraham ¹was the father of Isaac, ²Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of ³Judah and his brothers.

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

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

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

⁶Jesse was the father of David the king.

David ^awas the father of Solomon by ¹Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

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

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

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

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

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

¹²After the ^adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of ¹Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.

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

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

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

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

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^adeportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to ¹the Messiah, fourteen generations.

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 Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “^aJoseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ¹the Child who has been ²conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

²¹“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 to fulfill what was ^aspoken by the Lord through the prophet:

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 ¹awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

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