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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Matthew 1 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmcc/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="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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/3.htm" title="Malachi 3">◄</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch47001" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">I. <span class="ac">The Infancy Narrative</span></h1> <h1 id="cn47001" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">The Genealogy of Jesus.<a id="rfn47001001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47001001" class="ver">1</span><a id="ren47001001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001001-a">a</a> The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.<a id="rfn47001001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001001-2">*</a></p> <p><span id="v47001002" class="ver">2</span><a id="ren47001002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001002-b">b</a> Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.<a id="ren47001002-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001002-c">c</a> <span id="v47001003" class="ver">3</span>Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.<a id="ren47001003-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001003-d">d</a> Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, <span id="v47001004" class="ver">4</span><a id="ren47001004-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001004-e">e</a> Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, <span id="v47001005" class="ver">5</span><a id="ren47001005-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001005-f">f</a> Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, <span id="v47001006" class="ver">6</span><a id="ren47001006-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001006-g">g</a> Jesse the father of David the king.</p> <p>David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. <span id="v47001007" class="ver">7</span><a id="rfn47001007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001007-1">*</a> <a id="ren47001007-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001007-h">h</a> Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. <span id="v47001008" class="ver">8</span>Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. <span id="v47001009" class="ver">9</span>Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. <span id="v47001010" class="ver">10</span>Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos,<a id="rfn47001010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001010-1">*</a> Amos the father of Josiah. <span id="v47001011" class="ver">11</span>Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile.</p> <p><span id="v47001012" class="ver">12</span><a id="ren47001012-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001012-i">i</a> After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, <span id="v47001013" class="ver">13</span>Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, <span id="v47001014" class="ver">14</span>Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, <span id="v47001015" class="ver">15</span>Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, <span id="v47001016" class="ver">16</span>Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.</p> <p><span id="v47001017" class="ver">17</span>Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations.<a id="rfn47001017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001017-1">*</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Birth of Jesus.<a id="rfn47001018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001018-1">*</a></span> <span id="v47001018" class="ver">18</span>Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,<a id="rfn47001018-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001018-2">*</a> but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit. <span id="v47001019" class="ver">19</span>Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,<a id="rfn47001019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001019-1">*</a> yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. <span id="v47001020" class="ver">20</span><a id="ren47001020-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001020-j">j</a> Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord<a id="rfn47001020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001020-1">*</a> appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. <span id="v47001021" class="ver">21</span>She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,<a id="rfn47001021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001021-1">*</a> because he will save his people from their sins.” <span id="v47001022" class="ver">22</span>All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v47001023" class="ver">23</span><a id="rfn47001023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001023-1">*</a> <a id="ren47001023-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001023-k">k</a> “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,</p> <p class="sl1l">and they shall name him Emmanuel,”</p> </div> <p class="pcon">which means “God is with us.” <span id="v47001024" class="ver">24</span>When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. <span id="v47001025" class="ver">25</span>He had no relations with her until she bore a son,<a id="rfn47001025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn47001025-1">*</a> and he named him Jesus.<a id="ren47001025-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en47001025-l">l</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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