^1. A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:

^2. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

^3. Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

^4. Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

^5. Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

^6. and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,

^7. Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

^8. Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

^9. Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

^10. Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

^11. and Josiah the father of Jeconiah [1] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

^12. After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

^13. Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,

^14. Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud,

^15. Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

^16. and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

^17. Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. [2]

^18. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

^19. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

^20. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

^21. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, [3] because he will save his people from their sins."

^22. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

^23. "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" [4] --which means, "God with us."

^24. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.

^25. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.