Matthew 1

1The book of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,

3Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Aram.

4Aram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.

5Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,

6Jesse fathered David the king. David fathered Solomon by 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, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

10Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah.

11Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah 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, and Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.

16And Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

17So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the exile 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, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

19And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to divorce her quietly.

20But as he was considering these things, behold, 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 happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

23Behold, the virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel—which is translated, 'God with us.'

24Then Joseph, having awakened from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife.

25And he did not know her until she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Jesus.