The Good News According to
Matthew
1
1 The book of the
genealogy of Jesus
Christ,
the son of
David, the son
of Abraham.
2 Abraham
became the father
of Isaac. Isaac
became the father
of Jacob. Jacob
became the father
of Judah and
his brothers.
3 Judah
became the father
of Perez and
Zerah by Tamar.
Perez became the
father of Hezron.
Hezron became the
father of Ram.
4 Ram became
the father
of Amminadab. Amminadab became
the father of
Nahshon. Nahshon
became the father
of Salmon.
5 Salmon
became the father
of Boaz by
Rahab. Boaz became
the father of
Obed by Ruth.
Obed became the
father of Jesse.
6 Jesse
became the father
of King David.
David the king
became the father
of Solomon by
her who had been
Uriah’s wife.
7 Solomon
became the father
of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam became
the father
of Abijah. Abijah became
the father of Asa.
8 Asa became
the father of
Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat
became the father
of Joram. Joram
became the father
of Uzziah.
9 Uzziah
became the father
of Jotham. Jotham
became the father
of Ahaz. Ahaz became
the father of
Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah
became the father
of Manasseh.
Manasseh became
the father of Amon.
Amon became the
father of Josiah.
11 Josiah
became the father
of Jechoniah and
his brothers at
the time of
the exile to Babylon.
12 After
the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah
became the father
of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel became
the father of
Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel
became the father
of Abiud. Abiud became
the father of
Eliakim. Eliakim
became the father
of Azor.
14 Azor became
the father of
Zadok. Zadok
became the father
of Achim. Achim became
the father of
Eliud.
15 Eliud
became the father
of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the
father of Matthan.
Matthan became the
father of Jacob.
16 Jacob
became the father
of Joseph,
the husband of
Mary, from whom
was born
Jesus,
who is called
Christ.
17 So
all the
generations from Abraham
to David are
fourteen generations;
from David to
the exile to Babylon
fourteen generations;
and from
the carrying away to Babylon
to the Christ,
fourteen generations.
18 Now
the birth of
Jesus Christ was
like this: After
his mother, Mary,
was engaged to
Joseph, before
they came together,
she was found
pregnant by the
Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph,
her husband, being
a righteous man,
and not willing
to make her
a public example, intended
to put her away
secretly.
20 But
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 as
your wife, for
that which is
conceived in her
is of the
Holy Spirit.
21 She
shall give birth
to a son.
You shall name
him Jesus,
for it is
he who shall
save his people
from their sins.”
22 Now
all this has
happened that it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by the Lord
through the
prophet, saying,
23 “Behold,
the virgin shall
be with child,
and shall give
birth to a
son.
They shall call
his name Immanuel,”
which is, being
interpreted, “God
with us.”
24 Joseph
arose from his
sleep, and did
as the angel of
the Lord commanded
him, and took
his wife
to himself;
25 and didn’t
know her sexually
until she had
given birth to
her firstborn son.
He named him
Jesus.