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The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,

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The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah

This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham[a]:

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Greek Jesus the Messiah, Son of David and son of Abraham.

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

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“For the time is coming,”
    says the Lord,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant[a]
    from King David’s line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
    He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
And this will be his name:
    ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’[b]
In that day Judah will be saved,
    and Israel will live in safety.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:5 Hebrew a righteous branch.
  2. 23:6 Hebrew Yahweh Tsidqenu.

14 So the Word became human[a] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[b] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

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  1. 1:14a Greek became flesh.
  2. 1:14b Or grace and truth; also in 1:17.

31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And he will reign over Israel[a] forever; his Kingdom will never end!”

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  1. 1:33 Greek over the house of Jacob.

20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,[a] for he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:

23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
    She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,[b]
    which means ‘God is with us.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 Jesus means “The Lord saves.”
  2. 1:23 Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10 (Greek version).

A Promise of Restoration

11 “In that day I will restore the fallen house[a] of David.
    I will repair its damaged walls.
From the ruins I will rebuild it
    and restore its former glory.

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  1. 9:11a Or kingdom; Hebrew reads tent.

For a child is born to us,
    a son is given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulders.
    And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor,[a] Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
His government and its peace
    will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
    for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
    will make this happen!

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  1. 9:6 Or Wonderful, Counselor.

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

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10 And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.

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28 “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.

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49 Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”

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35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.

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36 His dynasty will go on forever;
    his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37 It will be as eternal as the moon,
    my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude

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The king proclaims the Lord’s decree:
“The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son.[a]
    Today I have become your Father.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7a Or Son; also in 2:12.
  2. 2:7b Or Today I reveal you as my son.

15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike[a] your head,
    and you will strike his heel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:15 Or bruise; also in 3:15b.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, the one who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:5 Or May God, the one who rules over everything, be praised forever. Amen.

16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

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26 I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”

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15 “In those days and at that time
    I will raise up a righteous descendant[a] from King David’s line.
    He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
16 In that day Judah will be saved,
    and Jerusalem will live in safety.
And this will be its name:
    ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’[b]

17 For this is what the Lord says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 33:15 Hebrew a righteous branch.
  2. 33:16 Hebrew Yahweh Tsidqenu.

Always remember that Jesus Christ, a descendant of King David, was raised from the dead. This is the Good News I preach.

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God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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30 But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne.

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