1 Roll
of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
2 Abraham
fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah
and his brothers,
3 Judah
fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron
fathered Ram,
4 Ram
fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
5 Salmon
fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was
Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;
6 and
Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been
Uriah's wife,
7 Solomon
fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,
8 Asa
fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
9 Uzziah
fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah
fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah;
11 and
Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon
took place.
12 After
the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered
Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel
fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor,
14 Azor
fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
15 Eliud
fathered Eleazar, Eleaser fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob;
16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the
husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
18 This
is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was
betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be
with child through the Holy Spirit.
19 Her
husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her
disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
20 He
had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the 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 she has
conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give
birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to
save his people from their sins.'
22 Now
all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the
prophet:
23 Look!
the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom
they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'