Matthew 1 — Greek text and reception

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A book of the origin of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

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Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brothers;

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Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar; Perez begat Hezron; Hezron begat Ram;

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Ram begat Amminadab; Amminadab begat Nahshon; Nahshon begat Salmon;

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Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab; Boaz begat Obed by Ruth; Obed begat Jesse;

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Jesse begat David the king. David begat Solomon by the wife of Uriah;

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Solomon begat Rehoboam; Rehoboam begat Abijah; Abijah begat Asaph;

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Asaph begat Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begat Joram; Joram begat Uzziah;

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Uzziah begat Jotham; Jotham begat Ahaz; Ahaz begat Hezekiah;

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Hezekiah begat Manasseh; Manasseh begat Amos; Amos begat Josiah;

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Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brothers at the deportation to Babylon.

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After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel; Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;

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Zerubbabel begat Abiud; Abiud begat Eliakim; Eliakim begat Azor;

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Azor begat Zadok; Zadok begat Achim; Achim begat Eliud;

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Eliud begat Eleazar; Eleazar begat Matthan; Matthan begat Jacob;

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Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

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So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

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The origin of Jesus Christ was like this. When His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

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Joseph her husband, being righteous and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, decided to divorce her quietly.

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As he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife home, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

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All this has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled:

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“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will bear a Son, and they will call His name Emmanuel,” which translated means “God with us.”

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When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife home.

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He did not have relations with her until she bore a Son; and he called His name Jesus.