Matthew 1

¹A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. ²Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren, ³and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, ⁴and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, ⁵and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, ⁶and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her who had been Uriah’s, ⁷and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa, ⁸and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah, ⁹and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, ¹⁰and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, ¹¹and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal. ¹²And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, ¹³and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, ¹⁴and Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ. ¹⁷All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

¹⁸And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, ¹⁹and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. ²⁰And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, ‘Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit, ²¹and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.’ ²²And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ²³‘Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,’ which is, being interpreted ‘With us he is God.’ ²⁴And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, ²⁵and did not know her till she brought forth her son—the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

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