1:1 This is the account of the lineage of Jesus the Anointed, descendant of David and Abraham:

1:2 Abraham fathered Isaac, who fathered Jacob, who fathered Judah and his siblings.

1:3 Judah fathered Perez and Zara by Tamar, and Perez fathered Hezron, who fathered Aram,

1:4 who fathered Aminadab, who fathered Nahshon, who fathered Salmon,

1:5 who fathered Boaz by Rahab. Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,

1:6 who fathered King David, who fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife.

1:7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam, who fathered Abijah, who fathered Asa,

1:8 who fathered Jehosophat, who fathered Joram, who fathered Uzzaiah,

1:9 who fathered Jotham, who fathered Ahaz, who fathered Hezekiah,

1:10 who fathered Manasseh, who fathered Amos, who fathered Josiah,

1:11 who fathered Jechoniah and his siblings at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

1:12 After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, who fathered Zorobabel,

1:13 who fathered Abiud, who fathered Eliakim, who fathered Azor,

1:14 who fathered Zadok, who fathered Achim, who fathered Eliud,

1:15 who fathered Eleazar, who fathered Matthan, who fathered Jacob,

1:16 who fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus who is called Anointed.

1:17 So there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Anointed.

1:18 Now this is the account of the birth of Jesus the Anointed: His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was discovered that Mary was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

1:19 But her husband Joseph, being a decent person, didn’t want to make a public spectacle of her, so he intended to divorce her quietly.

1:20 While he was mulling all these things over, suddenly a Messenger of the Master appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t hesitate to accept Mary as your wife, because what is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you will give him the name Jesus, since he will save his people from their faults.”

1:22 This all happened in order to fulfill that which the Master spoke through the prophet:

1:23 “Look! The unmarried woman will become pregnant and give birth to a son. And they will give him the name Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us’.”

1:24 Then Joseph woke up from his sleep and did as the Messenger told him. He married her

1:25 but had no intimacy with her until she gave birth to a son, whom she named Jesus.