| Chapter 1 |
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Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham. |
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Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren; |
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and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram, |
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and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, |
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and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse, |
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and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias; |
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and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, |
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and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, |
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and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekias, |
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and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, |
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and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon. |
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And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel, |
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and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, |
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and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, |
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and Eliud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, |
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and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. |
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All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations. |
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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit. |
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But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly; |
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but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. |
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And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins. |
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Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord, through the prophet, saying, |
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Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, `God with us.` |
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But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had enjoined him, and took to him his wife, |
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and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus. |