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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 1 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Matthew 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../malachi/4.htm" title="Malachi 4">◄</a> Matthew 1 <a href="../matthew/2.htm" title="Matthew 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Ancestors of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 3:23-38">Luke 3.23-38</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.1" class="v40_1_1">1</span>Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham. And this is a list of his ancestors. </span><span class="v40_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.2-Matt.1.6a" class="v40_1_2">2-6a</span>From Abraham to King David, his ancestors were:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_2">Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers (Judah's sons were Perez and Zerah, and their mother was Tamar), Hezron;</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_2">Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_6b"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.6b-Matt.1.11" class="v40_1_6b">6b-11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.6b-Matt.1.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> From David to the time of the exile in Babylonia, the ancestors of Jesus were:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_6b">David, Solomon (his mother had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram;</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_6b">Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoiachin and his brothers.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.12-Matt.1.16" class="v40_1_12">12-16</span>From the exile to the birth of Jesus, his ancestors were:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_12">Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim;</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_12">Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, and Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.17" class="v40_1_17">17</span>There were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were also 14 from David to the exile in Babylonia and 14 more to the birth of the Messiah.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Birth of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 2:1-7">Luke 2.1-7</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.18" class="v40_1_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This is how Jesus Christ was born. A young woman named Mary was engaged to Joseph from King David's family. But before they were married, she learned that she was going to have a baby by God's Holy Spirit. </span><span class="v40_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.19" class="v40_1_19">19</span>Joseph was a good man<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and did not want to embarrass Mary in front of everyone. So he decided to quietly call off the wedding.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.20" class="v40_1_20">20</span>While Joseph was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, the baby that Mary will have is from the Holy Spirit. Go ahead and marry her. </span><span class="v40_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.21" class="v40_1_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then after her baby is born, name him Jesus,<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.21!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> because he will save his people from their sins.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_22"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.22" class="v40_1_22">22</span>So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, </span><span class="v40_1_23"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.23" class="v40_1_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “A virgin will have a baby boy, and he will be called Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_1_24"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.24" class="v40_1_24">24</span>After Joseph woke up, he and Mary were soon married, just as the Lord's angel had told him to do. </span><span class="v40_1_25"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.25" class="v40_1_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But they did not sleep together before her baby was born. Then Joseph named him Jesus.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">good man: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “kind man,” or “man who always did the right thing.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">name him Jesus: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew the name “Jesus” means “the Lord saves.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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