| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar). Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab). Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth). Obed was the father of Jesse. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah). |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was the father of Uzziah. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon). |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Joseph, her fiance, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet: |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'" |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
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