1 A genealogyof Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the Babylonian captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity until the Christ are fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19 Then Joseph her husband,being a just man and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, decided to repudiate her secretly.
20 But while he pondered these things, wow, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, because that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His peoplefrom their sins.”
22 Now all this happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely:
23 “Behold, the virgin will become pregnant and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel”,which being translated is, ‘God with us’.
24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as that angel of the Lord commanded him and received his wife,
25 but did not know her untilshe had given birth to her son, the firstborn.And he called His name JESUS.