Matthew 1

1This is the written account of the family line of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.

3Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram.

4Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.

5Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse.

6Jesse fathered King David, and David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah.

7Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asaph.

8Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah.

9Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.

10Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah.

11Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.

13Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor.

14Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud.

15Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.

16Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, and from her was born Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

17All the generations, then, from Abraham to David numbered fourteen; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen.

18The birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together as husband and wife, she was discovered to be expecting a child from the Holy Spirit.

19Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and had no wish to make a public spectacle of her, so he resolved to divorce her in private.

20But while he was turning this over in his mind, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, because it is by the Holy Spirit that the child has been conceived in her.

21She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, for he is the one who will save his people from their sins.”

22All of this has taken place so that the word spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled:

23“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”

24When Joseph rose from sleep, he followed the instructions the angel of the Lord had given him and took his wife home,

25but he had no sexual union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he named him Jesus.