The ¹record of the genealogy of ²Jesus the ³Messiah, ^athe son of David, ^bthe son of Abraham:

2 Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered ¹Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^aPerez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered ¹Ram. 4 Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. 5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse. 6 Jesse fathered David the king.

David ^afathered Solomon by ¹her who had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon ^afathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered ¹Asa. 8 Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered ¹Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah. 9 Uzziah fathered ¹Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered ¹Amon, and Amon ^afathered Josiah. 11 Josiah fathered ¹Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^adeportation to Babylon.

12 After the ^adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah fathered ¹Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel fathered ¹Abihud, Abihud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor. 14 Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud. 15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. 16 Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^awho is called the ¹Messiah.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^adeportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^bdeportation to Babylon to the ¹Messiah, fourteen generations.

18 Now the birth of Jesus the ¹Messiah was as follows: when His ^amother Mary had been ²betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^bfound to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to ^1asend her away secretly. 20 But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “^aJoseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ¹the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a Son; and ^ayou shall name Him Jesus, for ¹He ^bwill save His people from their sins.” 22 Now all this ¹took place so that what was ^aspoken by the Lord through ²the prophet would be fulfilled: 23 “^aBEHOLD, THE VIRGIN WILL ^1bCONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL NAME HIM ²IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “^cGOD WITH US.” 24 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 25 ¹but kept her a virgin until she ^agave birth to a Son; and ^bhe named Him Jesus.