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Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
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and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
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and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
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Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
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But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
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She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
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When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
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and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
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On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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The Escape to Egypt
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
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So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
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and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
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So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
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But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
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John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
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Jesus Calls His First Disciples
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
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Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
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Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,
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But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Divorce
“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
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But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
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that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
