1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
2 Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah fathered Phared and Zara by Tamar; Phares fathered Hezron; Hezron fathered Aram.
4 Aram fathered Aminadab; Aminadab fathered Nahshon; Nahshon fathered Salmon.
5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab; Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth; Obed fathered Jesse.
6 Jesse fathered David the king; David fathered Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam; Rehoboam fathered Abijah; Abijah fathered Asa.
8 Asa fathered Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat fathered Joram; Joram fathered Uzziah.
9 Uzziah fathered Jotham; Jotham fathered Ahaz; Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh; Manasseh fathered Amon; Amon fathered Josiah.
11 Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were deported to Babylon.
12 After they deported to Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel; Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud; Abiud fathered Eliakim; Eliakim fathered Azor.
14 Azor fathered Sadok; Sadok fathered Achim; Achim fathered Eliud.
15 Eliud fathered Eleazar; Eleazar fathered Matthan; Matthan fathered Jacob.
16 Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary (from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David up to the deportation to Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ are fourteen generations.
18 Now Jesus Christ's birth was like this: When his mother, Mary, was betrothed to Joseph, before they physically came together, she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19 Then her husband, Joseph, being upright and not willing to publicly disgrace her was intending to divorce here privately.
20 But while he was thinking about these things, lo, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in is by the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this happened, so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet saying,
23 «Lo, a virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel, which being interpreted means: God with us.»
24 Then Joseph waking up from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.
25 He did not know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son, and he named him Jesus.