Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 1 - New International Version (2024)

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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah^(A)^(B)^(C)

1This is the genealogy^[a] of Jesus the Messiah^[b] the son of David,^(D) the son of Abraham:^(E)

²Abraham was the father of Isaac,^(F)

Isaac the father of Jacob,^(G)

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,^(H)

³Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,^(I)

Perez the father of Hezron,

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.^(S) ¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet^[e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce^(T) her quietly.

²⁰But after he had considered this, an angel^(U) of the Lord appeared to him in a dream^(V) and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[f]^(W) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(X)

²²All this took place to fulfill^(Y) what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[g]^(Z) (which means “God with us”).

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel^(AA) of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.^(AB)

Footnotes

Matthew 1:1 Or is an account of the origin
Matthew 1:1 Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean Anointed One; also in verse 18.
Matthew 1:11 That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12
Matthew 1:18 Or The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this
Matthew 1:19 Or was a righteous man and
Matthew 1:21 Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.
Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

Cross references

Matthew 1:1 : 1:1-17pp — Lk 3:23-38
Matthew 1:1 : 1:3-6pp — Ru 4:18-22
Matthew 1:1 : 1:7-11pp — 1Ch 3:10-17
Matthew 1:1 : 2Sa 7:12-16; Isa 9:6, 7; 11:1; Jer 23:5, 6; S Mt 9:27; Lk 1:32, 69; Rev 22:16
Matthew 1:1 : Ge 22:18; S Gal 3:16
Matthew 1:2 : Ge 21:3, 12
Matthew 1:2 : Ge 25:26
Matthew 1:2 : Ge 29:35; 49:10
Matthew 1:3 : Ge 38:27-30
Matthew 1:5 : S Heb 11:31
Matthew 1:6 : 1Sa 16:1; 17:12
Matthew 1:6 : 2Sa 12:24
Matthew 1:10 : 2Ki 20:21
Matthew 1:11 : 2Ki 24:14-16; Jer 27:20; 40:1; Da 1:1, 2
Matthew 1:12 : 1Ch 3:17
Matthew 1:12 : 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2
Matthew 1:16 : Lk 1:27
Matthew 1:16 : Mt 27:17
Matthew 1:18 : Lk 1:35
Matthew 1:19 : Dt 24:1
Matthew 1:20 : S Ac 5:19
Matthew 1:20 : S Mt 27:19
Matthew 1:21 : S Lk 1:31
Matthew 1:21 : Ps 130:8; S Lk 2:11; S Jn 3:17; Ac 5:31; S Ro 11:14; Tit 2:14
Matthew 1:22 : Mt 2:15, 17, 23; 4:14; 8:17; 12:17; 21:4; 26:54, 56; 27:9; Lk 4:21; 21:22; 24:44; Jn 13:18; 19:24, 28, 36
Matthew 1:23 : Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10
Matthew 1:24 : S Ac 5:19
Matthew 1:25 : ver 21; S Lk 1:31