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1 Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham: |
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2 Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers, |
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3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram, |
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4 Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, |
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5 Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse; |
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6 and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, |
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7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa, |
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8 Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah, |
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9 Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, |
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10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah; |
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11 and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place. |
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12 After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, |
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13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor, |
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14 Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud, |
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15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob; |
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16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ. |
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17 The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ. |
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18 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. |
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19 Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally. |
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20 He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the 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 she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. |
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21 She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.' |
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22 Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: |
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23 Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'. |
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24 When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home; |
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25 he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus. |
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