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Matthew 1:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Matthew 1:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.[a]
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[b]
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- 1.1 The genealogy is given to show that Jesus had the descent required for Messiahship, i.e., from Abraham and, in particular, from David the King.
- Matthew 1:3 Greek Aram
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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