Matthew 1

¹The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

²Abraham begat Isaac, And Isaac begat Jacob. And Jacob begat Judas and his brethren:

³And Judas begat Phares and Zaram of Thamar. And Phares begat Esron. And Esron begat Aram.

⁴And Aram begat Aminadab. And Aminadab begat Naasson. And Naasson begat Salmon.

⁵And Salmon begat Booz of Rahab. And Booz begat Obed of Ruth. And Obed begat Jesse.

⁶And Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Salomon of her that was the wife of Urias.

⁷And Salomon begat Roboam. And Roboam begat Abia. And Abia begat Asa.

⁸And Asa begat Josaphat. And Josaphat begat Joram. And Joram begat Ozias.

⁹And Ozias begat Joatham. And Joatham begat Achaz. And Achaz begat Ezechias.

¹⁰And Ezechias begat Manasses. And Manasses begat Amon. And Amon begat Josias.

¹¹And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren in the Transmigration of Babylon.

¹²And after the Transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel. And Salathiel begat Zorobabel.

¹³And Zorobabel begat Abiud. And Abiud begat Eliacim. And Eliacim begat Azor.

¹⁴And Azor begat Sadoc. And Sadoc begat Achim. And Achim begat Eliud.

¹⁵And Eliud begat Eleazar. And Eleazar begat Mathan. And Mathan begat Jacob.

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

¹⁷Therefore all the generations from Abraham unto David, fourteen generations. And from David to the Transmigration of Babylon, fourteen generations. And from the Transmigration of Babylon unto Christ, fourteen generations.

¹⁸And the generation of Christ was in this wise. When his mother Mary was spoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child, by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁹Whereupon Joseph her husband for that he was a just man, & would not put her to open shame: was minded secretly to dismiss her.

²⁰But as he was thus thinking, behold the Angel of our Lord appeared to him in sleep saying: Joseph son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife, for that which is born in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

²¹And she shall bring forth a Son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.

²²And all this was done that it might be fulfilled which our Lord spake by the Prophet saying.

²³Behold a Virgin shall be with child, & bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

²⁴And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the Angel of our Lord commanded him, & took his wife.

²⁵And he knew her not till she brought forth her first born Son: & called his name Jesus.