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     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.  20 And when he had thought this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, 'Joseph, son of David! do not be afraid to receive Mary your wife, for that which is born in her is of the Holy Spirit;  21 And he shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.  22 And all these things came to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, who said, 23 Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which means, God is with us.  24 And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took his wife, 25 and knew her not. And at last she gave birth to her firstborn son, and he called his name Jesus. 

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     1 And when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, the Magi came to Jerusalem from the east, saying, 2 Where is the King of the Jews who is born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him.  3 And when Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.  4 And having gathered together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them, 'Where is Christ to be born?'  5 And they said unto him, 'In Bethlehem of Judah, for thus it is written by the prophet: 6 And thou, O Bethlehem, the land of Judah, are in no way less than the governors of Judah: for from thee shall come forth a Leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.'  7 Then Herod secretly called the Magi, and learned from them the time of the appearance of the star 8, and having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, 'Go, search carefully about the Child, and when you have found it, inform me, that I also may go and worship Him.'  9 And when they had heard the king, they departed. [And] behold, the star which they had seen in the east went before them, until at last it came and stood over the place where the child was.  10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy, 11 and having entered into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him. and having opened their treasures, they brought him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  12 And having received a revelation in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed by another way to their own country. 

     13 And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I tell you, for Herod wants to seek the child to destroy him.'  14 And he arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, who said, Out of Egypt I have called my Son. 

     16 Then Herod, seeing himself mocked by the Magi, was very angry, and sent to slay all the babes in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had learned from the Magi.  17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 18 A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and weeping, and a great cry; Rachel weeps for her children and does not want to be comforted, for they are gone. 

     19 And after the death of Herod, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in Egypt in a dream, 20 saying, 'Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the soul of the child are dead.'  21 And he arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.  22 And when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the place of Herod his father, he feared to go thither; but having received a revelation in a dream, he went into the borders of Galilee 23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene. 

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     1 In those days John the Baptist came and preached in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and said, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'  3 For he is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."  4 And John himself had a garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of leather about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.  5 Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the country round about the Jordan, went out to him, 6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.  7 And when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, 'Offspring of vipers! Who inspired you to flee from the wrath to come?  8 Bring forth therefore the worthy fruit of repentance, 9 and think not to say in yourselves, 'Our father is Abraham,' for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.  10 Already the axe is laid at the root of the trees: every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.  11 I baptize you in water for repentance, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I; I am not worthy to bear His shoes; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire;  12 His shovel is in his hand, and he will purge his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the garner, and the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. 

     13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.  14 And John restrained him, and said, 'I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?'  15 But Jesus answered and said to him, 'Leave it now, for thus it behooves us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John admits Him.  16 And having been baptized, Jesus immediately came up out of the water, and behold, the heavens were opened unto him, and John saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and descending upon him.  17 And behold, a voice from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

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     1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, 2 and having fasted forty days and forty nights, he hungered at last.  3 And the tempter came unto him, and said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.  4 And he answered and said unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.  5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on the wing of the temple, 6 and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge over you, and they will bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'  7 Jesus said to him, "It is also written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'  8 Again the devil takes him up to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, 9 and saith unto him, 'All these things I will give thee, if thou shalt fall down and worship me.'  10 Then Jesus said to him, 'Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, 'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.'  11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.