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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
Lk. 3:23-38
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of Aram,* 4 and Aram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse was the father of David the king.
And David* was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of Asaph,* 8 and Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah was the father of Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of Amon, and Amon was the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 Then after the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, and Abiud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor, 14 and Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was born, the One who is called Christ.
17 Therefore, all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon were fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ were fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ
Lk. 2:1-7
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ* happened in this way: When His mother Mary had been pledged in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with Child from the Holy Spirit.* 19 So Joseph, her husband, being righteous and not willing to expose her publicly, intended to send her away* secretly. 20 But, while reflecting on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bear a Son, and you will call His name ‘Jesus,’ for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 Now, all this occurred in order to fulfil what was spoken by the Lord through* the prophet, saying, 23 “Behold, the virgin will be with Child and bear a Son, and they will call His name Emmanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”*
24 And when Joseph woke up from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; and he took his wife 25 and did not engage in sexual relations with her until after she had borne a Son. And he called His name Jesus.
Notes
3 Or Ram . So also v. 4
6 Some ancient manuscripts insert the appositive the king at this point, likely as an effort to harmonise the reading with the earlier construction in the verse
7 Or Asa . So also v. 8
18 One ancient Greek manuscript transposes the reading to Christ Jesus , while another ancient Greek manuscript reads only Jesus
18 Or she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit
19 Or divorce her
22 Some ancient manuscripts insert the name Isaiah at this point
23 Quoted from Is. 7:14
