1 This is the list of ancestors of Jesus Christ, descendant of David and Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
3 Judah and Tamar were the father and mother of Perez and Zerah.
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
5 Salmon and Rahab were the father and mother of Boaz.
6 Jesse the father of King David.
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
11 Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers.
12 After the exile to Babylon,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,
15 Eliud the father of Eleazar,
16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, who was the husband of Mary.
17 So there were
18 The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: His mother Mary had been promised to Joseph in marriage. But before they were married, Mary realized that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19 Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.
20 Joseph had this in mind when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said to him, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife. She is pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus [He Saves], because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this happened so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet came true:
23 “The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him to do. He took Mary to be his wife.
25 He did not have marital relations with her before she gave birth to a son. Joseph named the child Jesus.