The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^[a]record of the genealogy of ^[b]Jesus the ^[c]Messiah, ^(A)the son of David, ^(B)the son of Abraham:

⁶ Jesse fathered David the king.

David ^(A)fathered Solomon by ^[a]her who had been the wife of Uriah.

²⁷ As Jesus went on from there, two men who were blind followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, ^(A)Son of David!”

The Pharisees Rebuked

^22 (A)Then a ^(B)demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to ^[a]Jesus, and He healed him so that the man who was unable to speak talked and ^[b]could see.

²³ And all the crowds were amazed and were saying, “This man cannot be the ^(A)Son of David, can he?”

²² And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, ^(A)Son of David; my daughter is severely ^(B)demon-possessed.”

³⁰ And two people who were blind, sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, ^(A)have mercy on us, ^(B)Son of David!”

³¹ But the crowd sternly warned them to be quiet; yet they cried out all the more, “Lord, ^(A)Son of David, have mercy on us!”

⁹ Now the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,