Matthew 1 (New American Standard)

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^arecord of the genealogy of ^bJesus ^cthe Messiah, ¹the son of David, ²the son of Abraham : 2 Abraham ^dwas the father of Isaac, ^eIsaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of ^fJudah and his brothers. 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ³Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of ^gRam. 4 Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. 6 Jesse was the father of David the king. David ⁴was the father of Solomon by ^hBathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon ⁵was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of ⁱAsa. 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of ^jJoram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. 9 Uzziah was the father of ^kJotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of ^lAmon, and Amon the ⁶father of Josiah. 11 Josiah became the father of ^mJeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ⁷deportation to Babylon. 12 After the ⁸deportation to Babylon : Jeconiah became the father of ⁿShealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel was the father of ^oAbihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. 14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ⁹who is called ^pthe Messiah. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations ; from David to the ¹⁰deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations ; and from the ¹¹deportation to Babylon to ^qthe Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

18 Now the birth of Jesus ^rChrist was as follows : when His ¹²mother Mary had been ^sbetrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ¹³found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. 19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned ^t14to send her away secretly. 20 But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "¹⁵Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife ; for ^uthe Child who has been ^vconceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 "She will bear a Son ; and ¹⁶you shall call His name Jesus, for ^wHe ¹⁷will save His people from their sins." 22 Now all this ^xtook place to fulfill what was ¹⁸spoken by the Lord through the prophet : 23 "¹⁹BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH ²⁰CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME ^yIMMANUEL," which translated means, "²¹GOD WITH US." 24 And Joseph ^zawoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 25 ^aabut kept her a virgin until she ²²gave birth to a Son ; and ²³he called His name Jesus.