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Matthew 1 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah
(Rth 4:18–22; 1Ch 2:1–15; Luk 3:23–38 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:1 - This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David[fn] and of Abraham:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:2 - Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:3 - Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:4 - Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:5 - Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).
Obed was the father of Jesse.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:6 - Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:7 - Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:8 - Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.[fn]
Jehoram was the father[fn] of Uzziah.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:9 - Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:10 - Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.[fn]
Amon was the father of Josiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:11 - Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin[fn] and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:12 - After the Babylonian exile:
Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:13 - Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:14 - Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Akim.
Akim was the father of Eliud.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:15 - Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:16 - Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:17 - 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.
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
(Luk 2:1–7 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:18 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:19 - Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement[fn] quietly.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:22 - All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,[fn]
which means ‘God is with us.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:24 - When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:25 - But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.
NLT Footnotes
Greek Jesus the Messiah, son of David.
Greek Aram, a variant spelling of Ram; also in 1:4. See 1 Chr 2:9-10.
Greek Asaph, a variant spelling of Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10.
Greek Joram, a variant spelling of Jehoram; also in 1:8b. See 1 Kgs 22:50 and note at 1 Chr 3:11.
Or ancestor; also in 1:11.
Greek Amos, a variant spelling of Amon; also in 1:10b. See 1 Chr 3:14.
Greek Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 1:12. See 2 Kgs 24:6 and note at 1 Chr 3:16.
Greek to divorce her.
Jesus means “The LORD saves.”
Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10 (Greek version).
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