Matthew 1

¹The record of the origin of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham.

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

¹²After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor, ¹⁴Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud, ¹⁵Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, the one 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.

¹⁸Now the origin of Jesus the Messiah came about this way: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be carrying a child from the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, resolved to divorce her quietly. ²⁰While he was considering these things, 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 bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

²²All this took place so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: ²³"Look, the virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel"—which translated means, "God with us."

²⁴When Joseph rose from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife into his home, ²⁵but he did not know her until she bore a son. And he called his name Jesus.