The Genealogy of Jesus the Christ

¹This is the account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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

³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez fathered Hezron. Hezron fathered Ram.

⁴Ram fathered Amminadab. Amminadab became the was of Nahshon. Nahshon fathered Salmon.

⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab. Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth. Obed fathered Jesse.

⁶Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife.

⁷Solomon fathered Rehoboam. Rehoboam fathered Abijah. Abijah fathered Asa.

⁸Asa fathered Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat fathered Joram. Joram fathered Uzziah.

⁹Uzziah fathered Jotham. Jotham fathered Ahaz. Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.

¹⁰Hezekiah fathered Manasseh. Manasseh fathered Amon. Amon fathered Josiah.

¹¹Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers during the exile to Babylon.

¹²After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel. Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.

¹³Zerubbabel fathered Abiud. Abiud fathered Eliakim. Eliakim fathered Azor.

¹⁴Azor fathered Zadok. Zadok fathered Achim. Achim fathered Eliud.

¹⁵Eliud fathered Eleazar. Eleazar fathered Matthan. Matthan fathered Jacob.

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

¹⁷So all the generations

From Abraham to David were fourteen generations,

From David to the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations,

From the exile to Babylon until the Christ, fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way: His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹Joseph, her husband, being a righteous person, and not wanting to make her a public example, intended to send her away secretly.

²⁰But when he had considered this, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the one who has been fathered in her is from the Holy Spirit.

²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

²²Now all this has happened to fulfill what was said by the Lord through the prophet:

²³“Look! The virgin will conceive,

and will give birth to a son.

They will call his name Immanuel,”

which means, “God with us.”

²⁴Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. He took his wife,

²⁵but he didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to a son. He named him Jesus.