| | 1 | A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: | |
| | 2 | Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, | |
| | 3 | Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, | |
| | 4 | Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, | |
| | 5 | Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, | |
| | 6 | and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, | |
| | 7 | Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, | |
| | 8 | Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, | |
| | 9 | Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, | |
| | 10 | Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, | |
| | 11 | and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. | |
| | 12 | After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, | |
| | 13 | Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, | |
| | 14 | Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, | |
| | 15 | Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, | |
| | 16 | and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. | |
| | 17 | Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. | |
| | 18 | This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. | |
| | 19 | Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. | |
| | 20 | But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. | |
| | 21 | She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." | |
| | 22 | All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: | |
| | 23 | "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us." | |
| | 24 | When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. | |
| | 25 | But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. | |
