¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

^11 (A)Josiah begot ^[a]Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were ^(B)carried away to Babylon.

¹² And after they were brought to Babylon, ^(C)Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot ^(D)Zerubbabel.

¹⁴ Also ^(A)he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^(B)ten thousand captives, and ^(C)all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except ^(D)the poorest people of the land.

²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away ^(A)captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—

⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the ^[a]Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).

^2 (A)And when John had heard ^(B)in prison about the works of Christ, he ^[a]sent two of his disciples