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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Jesus the Messiah, Son of David and son of Abraham.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abraham was the father of Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Isaac was the father of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Perez was the father of Hezron.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Hezron was the father of Ram.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Aram, </span><span class="ft">a variant spelling of Ram; also in 1:4. See 1 Chr 2:9-10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ram was the father of Amminadab.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Nahshon was the father of Salmon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Obed was the father of Jesse.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jesse was the father of King David.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Abijah was the father of Asa.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Asaph, </span><span class="ft">a variant spelling of Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">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></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoram was the father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ancestor; </span><span class="ft">also in 1:11.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Uzziah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Uzziah was the father of Jotham.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Jotham was the father of Ahaz.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Manasseh was the father of Amon.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Amos, </span><span class="ft">a variant spelling of Amon; also in 1:10b. See 1 Chr 3:14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Amon was the father of Josiah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">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></span></span><span class="content"> and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After the Babylonian exile:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Abiud was the father of Eliakim.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Eliakim was the father of Azor.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Azor was the father of Zadok.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Zadok was the father of Akim.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Akim was the father of Eliud.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Eliud was the father of Eleazar.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Eleazar was the father of Matthan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Matthan was the father of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="content">Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">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.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Jesus the Messiah</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">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></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">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</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">to divorce her.</span></span></span><span class="content"> quietly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. &#8220;Joseph, son of David,&#8221; the angel said, &#8220;do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="fqa">Jesus </span><span class="ft">means &#8220;The <span class="nd">Lord</span> saves.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> for he will save his people from their sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord&#8217;s message through his prophet:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look! The virgin will conceive a child!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">She will give birth to a son,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">and they will call him Immanuel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10 (Greek version).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">which means &#8216;God is with us.&#8217;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.</span></span></div>
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This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:

Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.
Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
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.
Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.
Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.
Amon was the father of Josiah.
Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
After the Babylonian exile:
Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Akim.
Akim was the father of Eliud.
Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

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.

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. 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 quietly.
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. And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:

“Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,
which means ‘God is with us.’”

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.

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