Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

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.