1.  A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
   2.  Abraham was the father of Issac, Issac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his
       brothers,
   3.  Judah the father of Perez and Zereh, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron,
        Hezron the father of Ram,
   4.  Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of
        Salmon,
   5.  Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother
       was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
   6.  and Jesse the father of King David, David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been
        Uriahs wife
   7.  Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
   8.  Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of 
        Uzziah,
   9.  Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
 10.  Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
 11.  and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
 12.  After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of
       Zerubbabel,
 13.  Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
 14.  Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud,
 15.  Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan the father of Jacob,
 16.  and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called
        Christ.
 17.  Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the
        exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
 18.  This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to
       Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
 19.  Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public
       disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
 20.  But after he had considered this ,an 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 what is
       conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
 21.  She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his
       people from their sins."
 22.  All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
 23.  "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" --
       which means, "God with us."
 24.  When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary
       home as his wife.
 25.  But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.