[1] The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son
of Abraham. [2] The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was
Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers; [3] And the sons
of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron;
and the son of Hezron was Ram; [4] And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and
the son of Amminadab was Nahshon; and the son of Nahshon was Salmon; [5]
And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was
Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse; [6] And the son of Jesse was David the
king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of
Uriah; [7] And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was
Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa; [8] And the son of Asa was
Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was
Uzziah; [9] And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was
Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah; [10] And the son of Hezekiah was
Manasseh; and the son of Manasseh was Amon; and the son of Amon was Josiah;
[11] And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of
the taking away to Babylon. [12] And after the taking away to Babylon,
Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel; [13] And
Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and Eliakim had Azor; [14] And
Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had Eliud; [15] And Eliud
had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and Matthan had Jacob; [16] And the
son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose
name is Christ. [17] So all the generations from Abraham to David are
fourteen generations; and from David to the taking away to Babylon,
fourteen generations; and from the taking away to Babylon to the coming of
Christ, fourteen generations. [18] Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in
this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before
they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the
Holy Spirit. [19] And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not
desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away
privately. [20] But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of
the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear
of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the
Holy Spirit. [21] And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him
the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins. [22]
Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might
come true, [23] See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to
a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us. [24]
And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as
his wife; [25] And he had no connection with her till she had given birth
to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.
