| 1 | A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. |
| 2 | Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren, |
| 3 | and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, |
| 4 | and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, |
| 5 | and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, |
| 6 | and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah`s, |
| 7 | and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa, |
| 8 | and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah, |
| 9 | and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, |
| 10 | and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, |
| 11 | and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal. |
| 12 | And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, |
| 13 | and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, |
| 14 | and Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, |
| 15 | and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, |
| 16 | and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ. |
| 17 | All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David [are] fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations. |
| 18 | And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, |
| 19 | and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. |
| 20 | And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten [is] of the Holy Spirit, |
| 21 | and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.` |
| 22 | And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, |
| 23 | `Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,` which is, being interpreted `With us [he is] God.` |
| 24 | And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, |
| 25 | and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus. |
