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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 GNT</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="/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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Ancestors of Jesus Christ</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>This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham.</span></p><p class="par"><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, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Hezron, 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>From <a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.1.6b-Matt.1.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> David to the time when the people of Israel were taken into exile in Babylon, the following ancestors are listed: David, Solomon (his mother was the woman who had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, 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 time after the exile in Babylon to the birth of Jesus, the following ancestors are listed: Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, and Joseph, who married Mary, the mother of Jesus, who was 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>So then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, and fourteen from David to the exile in Babylon, and fourteen from then to the birth of the Messiah.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Birth of Jesus Christ</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 was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit. </span><span class="v40_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.19" class="v40_1_19">19</span>Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately. </span><span class="v40_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.1.20" class="v40_1_20">20</span>While he was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. </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> She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus—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>Now all this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet, </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 become pregnant and have a son, 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>So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to. </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 he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. 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