¹The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ , the son of David , the son of Abraham.[#1:1 Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”]

²Abraham became the father of Isaac . Isaac became the father of Jacob . Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.

³Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar . Perez became the father of Hezron . Hezron became the father of Ram.

⁴Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon . Nahshon became the father of Salmon .

⁵Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab . Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth . Obed became the father of Jesse .

⁶Jesse became the father of King David . David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah ’s wife.[#1:6 NU omits “the king”.]

⁷Solomon became the father of Rehoboam . Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.

⁸Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat . Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram . Joram became the father of Uzziah .

⁹Uzziah became the father of Jotham . Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah .

¹⁰Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh . Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah .

¹¹Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

¹²After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel . Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel .

¹³Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim . Eliakim became the father of Azor.

¹⁴Azor became the father of Zadok . Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud .

¹⁵Eliud became the father of Eleazar . Eleazar became the father of Matthan . Matthan became the father of Jacob .

¹⁶Jacob became the father of Joseph , the husband of Mary , from whom was born Jesus , who is called Christ .[#1:16 “Jesus” means “Salvation”.]

¹⁷So 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 .

¹⁸Now 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 .

¹⁹Joseph , her husband, being a righteous man , and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly .

²⁰But 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 .[#1:20 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.]

²¹She shall give birth to a son . You shall name him Jesus , for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”[#1:21 “Jesus” means “Salvation”.]

²²Now 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 .”

²⁴Joseph arose from his sleep , and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him , and took his wife to himself;

²⁵and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son . He named him Jesus .