1THE ancestral line of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham: 2Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers; 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah ; Perez was the father of Hezron; Hezron was the father of Ram; 4Ram was the father of Amminadab; Amminadab was the father of Nahshon; Nahshon was the father of Salmon; 5Salmon was the father of Boaz ; Boaz was the father of Obed ; 6Jesse was the father of David the King. David was the father of Solomon ; 7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam; Rehoboam was the father of Abijah; Abijah was the father of Asa; 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram; Joram was the father of Uzziah; 9Uzziah was the father of Jotham; Jotham was the father of Ahaz; Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah; 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh; Manasseh was the father of Amon; Amon was the father of Josiah; 11Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. 12After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel; Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel; 13Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud; Abiud was the father of Eliakim; Eliakim was the father of Azor; 14Azor was the father of Sadoc; Sadoc was the father of Achim; Achim was the father of Eliud; 15Eliud was the father of Eleazar; Eleazar was the father of Matthan; Matthan was the father of Jacob; 16Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17So there were in all fourteen generations from Abraham to David, and fourteen generations from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen generations from the Babylonian exile to the Christ. 18The birth of Jesus was in this way: His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. 19Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and yet not willing to make her a public example, resolved to dismiss her privately. 20But while he was thinking this over, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21She will bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." 22All this happened in fulfillment of what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: 23"Behold the virgin will conceive and will bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel" . 24When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took his wife to his home. 25But he did not live with her as a husband until she had borne a son. He called his name Jesus.