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Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
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Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
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Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,
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Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
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Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;
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and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
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Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,
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Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
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Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
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Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah;
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and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place.
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After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
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Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor,
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Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
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Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob;
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and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
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The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ.
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This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
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Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
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He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
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She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.'
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Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
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Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.
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When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home;
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he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
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