Matthew 1

1 The book of the origin of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. [a] †

2 Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers, [b] 3 and Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram, [c] 4 and Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, 5 and Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse, 6 and Jesse fathered David the king. And David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah, [d]

7 and Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asaph, [e] 8 and Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah, [f] 9 and Uzziah fathered Jotham, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah, 11 and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. [g]

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

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations. [h]

18 The origin of Jesus Christ was like this. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph her husband, being righteous and not willing to make a public show of her, decided to divorce her secretly.

20 But while he was turning these things over in his mind, look, a messenger 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. [i] 21 She will bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” [j]

22 All this happened so that what was said by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: 23 “Look, a virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel” — which means, translated, “God with us.” [k] †

24 When Joseph woke from sleep he did as the messenger of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife, 25 and he did not know her until she bore a son; and he called his name Jesus. [l]