The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1. This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham:

2. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac, the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers [who became the twelve tribes of Israel

3. Judah, the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez, the father of Hezron; Hezron, the father of Aram,

4. And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon;

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

6. Jesse was the father of David, the king. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.

7. Solomon conceived Rehoboam, Rehoboam conceived Abijah, and Abijah conceived Asa.

8. Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah

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

10. Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.

11. And Josiah, the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12. After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel,

13. Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.

14 and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud

15. Elihud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.

16. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

17. All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.

Christ Born of Mary

18. Now, the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

19. and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

20. When he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit

21. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22. Now, all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

 23.“The virgin will be pregnant. She will have a son, and they will name him Immanuel.” This name means “God is with us.”

24. Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife: 

25. And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.