Matthew Chapter 1    

¹A record^a of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,^b the son of David, the son of Abraham.
 

²Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
  ³and Judah fathered Perez and Zerah of Tamar, and Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram,
  ⁴and Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,
  ⁵and Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,
  ⁶and Jesse fathered David the king. And David fathered Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),
  ⁷and Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa,
  ⁸and Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah,
  ⁹and Uzziah fathered Jotham, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
  ¹⁰and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh fathered Amon, and Amon fathered Josiah,
  ¹¹and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.
  ¹²And after the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
  ¹³and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor,
  ¹⁴and Azor fathered Sadoc, and Sadoc fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud,
  ¹⁵and Eliud fathered Eleazar, and Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob,
  ¹⁶and Jacob fathered Joseph the father^c of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
 

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14 generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon are 14 generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ are 14 generations.
 

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way: his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together in marriage, it was discovered that she was pregnant from^d the Holy Spirit.
  ¹⁹Now Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and yet not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
  ²⁰But after he considered 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, because the child who has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  ²¹And she will give birth to a son, and you are to call his name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
 

²²Now all this took place with the result that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
  ²³Behold! The virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel^e (which is translated as “God with us”).
  ²⁴Then Joseph, awaking from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took Mary as his wife,
  ²⁵but he did not know her sexually until she had given birth to her son. And he called his name Jesus.