The Gospel of Matthew

Chapter 1

1 Genealogy of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.

2 Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

3 And Judah begat Perez and Zarah by Tamar; And Perez begat Hezron; And Hezrom begat Aram;

4 And Aram begat Aminadab; Aminadab begat Nahshon; Nahshon begat Salmon;

5 Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab; Boaz begat Obed by Ruth; Obed begat Jesse;

6 Jesse begat David king; David the king begat Solomon by the one who was married to Uriah;

7 Solomon begat Rehoboam; Rehoboam begat Abijah; Abijah begat Asa;

8 Asa begat Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram; And Joram begat Uzziah;

9 Uzziah begat Jotham; Jotham begat Ahaz; Ahaz begat Hezekiah;

10 Hezekiah begat Manasseh; Manasseh begat Amun; Amon begat Josiah;

11 Josiah begat Jehoiakim; And Jehoiakim begat Jehoiachin and his brethren, before he migrated to Babylon.

12 And when Jeconiah had carried away to Babylon, he begat Shealtiel; And Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;

13 Zerubbabel begat Abihu; Abihu begat Eliakim; Eliakim begat Azor;

14 Azor begat Zadok; Zadok begat Achim; Achim begat Eliud;

15 Eliud begat Eleazar; Eleazar begat Matthan; Matthan begat Jacob;

16 And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

17 Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ fourteen generations.

18 And the birth of Jesus Christ was this: And when his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united, she was found to be with child of the Holy Ghost.

19 And Joseph her husband, being righteous, and not desiring to make her public, wanted to send her away secretly.