Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Mat 1:1 |
This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of King David and of Abraham: |
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Mat 1:2 |
Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers. |
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Mat 1:3 |
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar). Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram. [fn] |
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Mat 1:4 |
Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon. |
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Mat 1:5 |
Salmon was the father of Boaz (his mother was Rahab). Boaz was the father of Obed (his mother was Ruth). Obed was the father of Jesse. |
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Mat 1:6 |
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (his mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah). |
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Mat 1:7 |
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph. [fn] |
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Mat 1:8 |
Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. [fn] Jehoram was the father [fn] of Uzziah. |
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Mat 1:9 |
Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. |
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Mat 1:10 |
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amos. [fn] Amos was the father of Josiah. |
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Mat 1:11 |
Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin [fn] and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon). |
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Mat 1:12 |
After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel. |
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Mat 1:13 |
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor. |
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Mat 1:14 |
Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud. |
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Mat 1:15 |
Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob. |
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Mat 1:16 |
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah. |
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Mat 1:17 |
All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to King David, and fourteen from David's time to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah. |
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Mat 1:18 |
Now this is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. |
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Mat 1:19 |
Joseph, her fiancé, being a just man, decided to break the engagement quietly, so as not to disgrace her publicly. |
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Mat 1:20 |
As he considered this, he fell asleep, and an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to go ahead with your marriage to Mary. For the child within her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit. |
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Mat 1:21 |
And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, [fn] for he will save his people from their sins." |
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Mat 1:22 |
All of this happened to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet: |
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Mat 1:23 |
"Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and he will be called Immanuel [fn] (meaning, God is with us)." |
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Mat 1:24 |
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord commanded. He brought Mary home to be his wife, |
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Mat 1:25 |
but she remained a virgin until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus. |
NLT Footnotes:
- (1:3) Greek Aram; also in 1:4. See 1 Chr 2:9-10.
- (1:7) Asaph is the same person as Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10.
- (1:8) Greek Joram. See 1 Kgs 22:50 and note at 1 Chr 3:11.
- (1:8) Or ancestor; also in 1:11.
- (1:10) Amos is the same person as Amon. See 1 Chr 3:14.
- (1:11) Greek Jeconiah; also in 1:12. See 2 Kgs 24:6 and note at 1 Chr 3:16.
- (1:21) Jesus means “The LORD saves.”
- (1:23) Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10.
