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Matthew 1 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

(Rth 4:18–22; 1Ch 2:1–15; Luk 3:23–38 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:1 - The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:2 - Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:3 - and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:4 - and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:5 - and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:6 - and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:7 - and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:8 - and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:9 - and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:10 - and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,[fn] and Amos the father of Josiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:11 - and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:12 - And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,[fn] and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:13 - and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:14 - and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:15 - and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:16 - and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:17 - So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

(Luk 2:1–7 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:18 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ[fn] took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed[fn] to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:19 - And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:21 - She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:22 - All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:24 - When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:25 - but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
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ESV Footnotes
Greek Aram; also verse 4
Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8
Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse
Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse
Some manuscripts of the Christ
That is, legally pledged to be married
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Matthew Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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