1This is the family history of Jesus Christ. He came from the family of David
2Abraham
3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. (Their mother was Tamar.) Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
4Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5Salmon was the father of Boaz. (Boaz’ mother was Rahab.) Boaz was the father of Obed. (Obed’s mother was Ruth.) Obed was the father of Jesse.
6Jesse was the father of King David. David
7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11Josiah was the grandfather of Jehoiachin
12After they were taken to Babylon: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.
14Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Achim. Achim was the father of Eliud.
15Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is called the Christ.
17So there were fourteen generations from Abraham
The Birth of Jesus Christ
(Lk. 2:1–7)
18The mother of Jesus Christ was Mary. And this is how the birth of Jesus happened. Mary was engaged to marry Joseph. But before they married, Joseph learned that she was expecting a baby. (Mary was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.
19Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to bring shame to Mary before the people. So he planned to divorce her secretly.
20But after Joseph thought about this, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, son of David,
21She will give birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus.
22All this happened to make clear the full meaning of the things the Lord said through the prophet
23“The virgin
24When Joseph woke up, he did the thing that the Lord’s angel told him to do. Joseph married Mary.
25But Joseph had no sexual union with Mary until her son was born. And Joseph named the son Jesus.