1The record of the ancestry of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, a descendant of Abraham:
2Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
4Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse.
6Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon by the woman who had been Uriah’s wife.
7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram. Joram was the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
11Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, around the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.
14Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Achim. Achim was the father of Eliud.
15Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, also called Christ.
17So there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen generations from David until the exile to Babylon, and fourteen generations from the exile to Babylon until the Christ.
18The birth of Jesus Christ happened this way: His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph. But before they were married, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and didn't want to publicly disgrace her, so he planned to quietly end their engagement.
20But as he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she is carrying is from the Holy Spirit.
21She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
22All this happened to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23"The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel," which means "God with us."
24When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.
25But he did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to her first son. And he named him Jesus.