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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/matthew/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Abraham was the father of Isaac.</p><p class="li1">Isaac was the father of Jacob.</p><p class="li1">Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).</p><p class="li1">Perez was the father of Hezron.</p><p class="li1">Hezron was the father of Ram.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Ram was the father of Amminadab.</p><p class="li1">Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.</p><p class="li1">Nahshon was the father of Salmon.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).</p><p class="li1">Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).</p><p class="li1">Obed was the father of Jesse.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Jesse was the father of King David.</p><p class="li1">David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.</p><p class="li1">Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.</p><p class="li1">Abijah was the father of Asa.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.</p><p class="li1">Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="li1">Jehoram was the father<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> of Uzziah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Uzziah was the father of Jotham.</p><p class="li1">Jotham was the father of Ahaz.</p><p class="li1">Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.</p><p class="li1">Manasseh was the father of Amon.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><p class="li1">Amon was the father of Josiah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After the Babylonian exile:</p><p class="li1">Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.</p><p class="li1">Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.</p><p class="li1">Abiud was the father of Eliakim.</p><p class="li1">Eliakim was the father of Azor.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Azor was the father of Zadok.</p><p class="li1">Zadok was the father of Akim.</p><p class="li1">Akim was the father of Eliud.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Eliud was the father of Eleazar.</p><p class="li1">Eleazar was the father of Matthan.</p><p class="li1">Matthan was the father of Jacob.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.</p><p class="li1">Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.</p><p class="hdg">The Birth of Jesus the Messiah</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> quietly.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> for he will save his people from their sins.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Look! The virgin will conceive a child!</p><p class="line2">She will give birth to a son,</p><p class="line1">and they will call him Immanuel,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a></p><p class="line2">which means ‘God is with us.’”</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Jesus the Messiah, Son of David and son of Abraham.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Aram,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Ram; also in 1:4. See 1 Chr 2:9-10.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Asaph,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:8a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Joram,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Jehoram; also in 1:8b. See 1 Kgs 22:50 and note at 1 Chr 3:11.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:8b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">ancestor;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:11.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Amos,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Amon; also in 1:10b. See 1 Chr 3:14.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Jeconiah,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 1:12. See 2 Kgs 24:6 and note at 1 Chr 3:16.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">to divorce her.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="it">Jesus</span><span class="ft"> means “The </span><span class="sc">Lord</span><span class="ft"> saves.”</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10 (Greek version).</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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