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The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah
This is a record of the ancestors of J esus
the Messiah, a descendant of David and of
Abraham:
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Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his
brothers.
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah
(whose mother was Tamar).
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.
Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose
mother was Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose
mother was Ruth).
Obed was the father of Jesse.
Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon (whose
mother was Bathsheba, the widow of
Uriah).
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.
Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.
Amon was the father of Josiah.
Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and
his brothers (born at the time of the
exile to Babylon).
After the Babylonian exile:
Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Akim.
Akim was the father of Eliud.
Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the
husband of Mary.
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the
Messiah.
M at t h e w 2
All those listed above include fourteen gener
ations from Abraham to David, fourteen from
David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen
from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
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The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His
mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Jo
seph. But before the marriage took place, while
she was still a virgin, she became pregnant
through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19Joseph,
to whom she was engaged, was a righteous
man and did not want to disgrace her publicly,
so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
20As 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. 21And she
will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,
for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s
message through his prophet:
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“Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,
which means ‘God is with us.’”
24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel
of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his
wife. 25 But he did not have sexual relations
with her until her son was born. And Joseph
named him Jesus.
Visitors from the East
Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
during the reign of King Herod. About
that time some wise men from eastern lands
arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2 “Where is the
newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as
it rose, and we have come to worship him.”
3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when
he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and
teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is
the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this
is what the prophet wrote:
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‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities of
Judah,
for a ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherd for my people
Israel.’”
