Matthew 1

¹The account of the lineage of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

²Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers. ³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram. ⁴Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. ⁵Salmon fathered Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz fathered Obed (his mother was Ruth), and Obed fathered Jesse. ⁶Jesse fathered David the king. David fathered Solomon (his mother had been the wife of Uriah). ⁷Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asaph. ⁸Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah. ⁹Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah. ¹⁰Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah. ¹¹Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹²After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel. ¹³Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor. ¹⁴Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud. ¹⁵Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. ¹⁶Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary; it was from her that Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

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

¹⁸The birth of Jesus the Messiah happened in this way: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together as husband and wife, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Joseph her husband, being a just man and not wanting to expose her to public shame, decided to divorce her quietly. ²⁰But after he had considered this, look—an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he himself will save his people from their sins.”

²²All this happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: “Look, the virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel”—which means, when translated, “God is with us.”

²⁴When Joseph woke up from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took her as his wife. ²⁵But he did not have intimate relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.