14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (A)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

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[a] (A)But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    who are too little to be among the clans of (B)Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
    one who is to be (C)ruler in Israel,
(D)whose coming forth is (E)from of old,
    from ancient days.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, (A)the Lion (B)of the tribe of Judah, (C)the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

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16 (A)“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things (B)for the churches. I am (C)the root and (D)the descendant of David, (E)the bright morning star.”

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

(A)Blessed be (B)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing (C)in the heavenly places,

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concerning his Son, (A)who was descended from David[a] (B)according to the flesh

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:3 Or who came from the offspring of David

10 The (A)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler's staff (B)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
    and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh

Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?

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28 Thomas answered him, (A)“My Lord and my God!”

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13 They said to her, (A)“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, (B)“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

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23 (as it is written in (A)the Law of the Lord, (B)“Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in (C)the Law of the Lord, (D)“a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was (E)righteous and (F)devout, (G)waiting for (H)the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not (I)see death before he had seen (J)the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when (K)the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and (L)blessed God and said,

29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant[a] depart (M)in peace,
    (N)according to your word;
30 for (O)my eyes have seen your (P)salvation
31     (Q)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 (R)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and (S)for glory to (T)your people Israel.”

33 And (U)his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:29 Or bondservant

43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of (A)my Lord should come to me?

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and (A)Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[a] and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by (B)Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and (C)Jesse the father of David the king.

And (D)David was the father of Solomon by (E)the wife of Uriah, and (F)Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,[b] and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, (G)and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,[c] and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and (H)Josiah the father of (I)Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: (J)Jechoniah was the father of (K)Shealtiel,[d] and (L)Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of (M)Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:3 Greek Aram; also verse 4
  2. Matthew 1:7 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8
  3. Matthew 1:10 Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse
  4. Matthew 1:12 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse

(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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The Genealogy of David

18 Now these are the generations of Perez: (A)Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 (B)Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

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17 (A)I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near:
(B)a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and (C)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall (D)crush the forehead[a] of Moab
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]

12 The sons of (A)Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but (B)Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of (C)Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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Indeed, I count everything as loss because of (A)the surpassing worth of (B)knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I (C)have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

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