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The ancestors of Jesus

¹The record of the family line of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.^{a 2}Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, and Jacob of Judah and his brothers. ³Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Ram. ⁴Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nahshon, and Nahshon of Salmon. ⁵Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse, ⁶and Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. ⁷Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam of Abijah, and Abijah of Asa. ⁸Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat of Joram, and Joram of Uzziah. ⁹Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham of Ahaz, and Ahaz of Hezekiah. ¹⁰Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh of Amon, and Amon of Josiah. ¹¹Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.^bc

¹²After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel of Zerubbabel. ¹³Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud of Eliakim, and Eliakim of Azor. ¹⁴Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok of Achim, and Achim of Eliud. ¹⁵Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar of Matthan, and Matthan of Jacob. ¹⁶Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and of Mary was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹⁷So there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the deportation to Babylon, and fourteen from the deportation to Babylon to Christ.^d

The birth of Jesus

¹⁸Now this is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they began to live together it became clear that she was expecting a child through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her in public, so he decided to divorce her privately. ²⁰While he was turning this over in his mind, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” he said, “do not be afraid to take Mary into your home as your wife. The child she has conceived is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins.” ²²All this happened so that the word the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: ²³“See, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and people will call him Immanuel.” The name means “God is with us.”^{ef 24}Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him. He took his wife into his home. ²⁵But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he named him Jesus.^gh