Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Mat 1:1 |
This is the genealogy [fn] of Jesus the Messiah [fn] the son of David, the son of Abraham: |
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Mat 1:2 |
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, |
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Mat 1:3 |
Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, |
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Mat 1:4 |
Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, |
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Mat 1:5 |
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, |
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Mat 1:6 |
and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, |
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Mat 1:7 |
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, |
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Mat 1:8 |
Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, |
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Mat 1:9 |
Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, |
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Mat 1:10 |
Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, |
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Mat 1:11 |
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah [fn] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. |
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Mat 1:12 |
After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, |
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Mat 1:13 |
Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, |
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Mat 1:14 |
Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud, |
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Mat 1:15 |
Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, |
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Mat 1:16 |
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. |
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Mat 1:17 |
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. |
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Mat 1:18 |
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about [fn]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. |
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Mat 1:19 |
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet [fn] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. |
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Mat 1:20 |
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. |
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Mat 1:21 |
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, [fn] because he will save his people from their sins." |
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Mat 1:22 |
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: |
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Mat 1:23 |
"The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" [fn] (which means "God with us"). |
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Mat 1:24 |
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. |
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Mat 1:25 |
But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. |
NIV Footnotes:
- (1:1) Or is an account of the origin
- (1:1) Or Jesus Christ.Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean Anointed One; also in verse 18.
- (1:11) That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12
- (1:18) Or The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this
- (1:19) Or was a righteous man and
- (1:21) Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.
- (1:23) Isaiah 7:14
