Jesus’ genealogy

1 The book of the family tree of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

² Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, Jacob of Judah and his brothers, ³ Judah of Peres and Zara (by Tamar), Peres of Esrom, Esrom of Aram, ⁴ Aram of Aminadab, Aminadab of Naason, Naason of Salmon, ⁵ Salmon of Boaz (by Rahab), Boaz of Obed (by Ruth), Obed of Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse of David the king.

David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah), ⁷ Solomon of Rehoboam, Rehoboam of Abijah, Abijah of Asaph, ⁸ Asaph of Jehosaphat, Jehosaphat of Joram, Joram of Uzziah, ⁹ Uzziah of Joatham, Joatham of Ahaz, Ahaz of Hezekiah, ¹⁰ Hezekiah of Manasseh, Manasseh of Amoz, Amoz of Josiah, ¹¹ Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the exile in Babylon.

¹² After the Babylonian exile, Jeconiah became the father of Salathiel, Salathiel of Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel of Abioud, Abioud of Eliakim, Eliakim of Azor, ¹⁴ Azor of Sadok, Sadok of Achim, Achim of Elioud, ¹⁵ Elioud of Eleazar, Eleazar of Matthan, Matthan of Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called “Messiah.”

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David add up to fourteen; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

The birth of Jesus

¹⁸ This was how the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place. His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph; but before they came together she turned out to be pregnant—by the holy spirit. ¹⁹ Joseph, her husband-to-be, was an upright man. He didn’t want to make a public example of her. So he decided to set the marriage aside privately. ²⁰ But, while he was considering this, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream.

“Joseph, son of David,” said the angel, “don’t be afraid to get married to Mary. The child she is carrying is from the holy spirit. ²¹ She is going to have a son. You are to give him the name Jesus; he is the one who will save his people from their sins.”

²² All this happened so that what the Lord said through the prophet might be fulfilled: ²³ “Look: the virgin is pregnant, and will have a son, and they shall give him the name Emmanuel,”—which means, in translation, “God with us.”

²⁴ When Joseph woke up from his sleep he did what the Lord’s angel had told him to. He married his wife, ²⁵ but he didn’t have sexual relations with her until after the birth of her son. And he gave him the name Jesus.