# Matthew 1 (New King James Version)
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

##### Chapter 1
###### 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

###### 2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.  
###### 3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.  
###### 4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.  
###### 5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,  
###### 6 and Jesse begot David the king.
David the king begot Solomon by her _who had been the wife_ of Uriah.  
###### 7 Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa.  
###### 8 Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah.  
###### 9 Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.  
###### 10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah.  
###### 11 Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon.

###### 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.  
###### 13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.  
###### 14 Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud.  
###### 15 Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.  
###### 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

###### 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David _are_ fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon _are_ fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ _are_ fourteen generations.Christ Born of Mary

###### 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.  
###### 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just _man,_ and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.  
###### 20 But while he thought about 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 to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.  
###### 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."

###### 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:  
###### 23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

###### 24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,  
###### 25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.