Matthew 1:6-25

New American Standard Bible

⁶ Jesse fathered David the king.

David ^(A)fathered Solomon by ^[a]her who had been the wife of Uriah. ⁷ Solomon ^(B)fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered ^[b]Asa. ⁸ Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered ^[c]Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah. ⁹ Uzziah fathered ^[d]Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah. ¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered ^[e]Amon, and Amon ^(C)fathered Josiah. ¹¹ Josiah fathered ^[f]Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(D)deportation to Babylon.

¹² After the ^(E)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah fathered ^[g]Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel. ¹³ Zerubbabel fathered ^[h]Abihud, Abihud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor. ¹⁴ Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud. ¹⁵ Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. ¹⁶ Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(F)who is called the ^[i]Messiah.

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^(G)deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^(H)deportation to Babylon to the ^[j]Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus the ^[k]Messiah was as follows: when His ^(I)mother Mary had been ^[l]betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(J)found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to ^[m](K)send her away secretly. ²⁰ But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “^(L)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^[n]the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a Son; and ^(M)you shall name Him Jesus, for ^[o]He ^(N)will save His people from their sins.” ²² Now all this ^[p]took place so that what was ^(O)spoken by the Lord through ^[q]the prophet would be fulfilled: ²³ “^(P)Behold, the virgin will ^[r](Q)conceive and give birth to a Son, and they shall name Him ^[s]Immanuel,” which translated means, “^(R)God with us.” ²⁴ And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, ^25 [t]but kept her a virgin until she ^(S)gave birth to a Son; and ^(T)he named Him Jesus.