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| The Book of Matthew 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:1 | The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:2 | Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:3 | Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:4 | Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:5 | Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:6 | Jesse became the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:7 | Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:8 | Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:9 | Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:10 | Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:11 | Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:12 | After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:13 | Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:14 | Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:15 | Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:16 | Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:17 | So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:18 | Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; because when his mother, Mary, had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:19 | Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:20 | But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, you son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:21 | She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name JESUS, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:22 | Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:23 | "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us." | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:24 | Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself; | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew 1:25 | and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him JESUS. | |||||||||||||||
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