The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^[a]record of the genealogy of ^[b]Jesus ^[c]the Messiah, ^(A)the son of David, ^(B)the son of Abraham:

² Abraham ^[d]was the father of Isaac, ^[e]Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of ^[f]Judah and his brothers. ³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C)Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of ^[g]Ram. ⁴ Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. ⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. ⁶ Jesse was the father of David the king.

David ^(D)was the father of Solomon by ^[h]Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. ⁷ Solomon ^(E)was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of ^[i]Asa. ⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of ^[j]Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. ⁹ Uzziah was the father of ^[k]Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. ¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of ^[l]Amon, and Amon the ^(F)father of Josiah. ¹¹ Josiah became the father of ^[m]Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(G)deportation to Babylon.

¹² After the ^(H)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of ^[n]Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. ¹³ Zerubbabel was the father of ^[o]Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. ¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. ¹⁵ Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. ¹⁶ Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(I)who is called ^[p]the Messiah.

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^(J)deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^(K)deportation to Babylon to ^[q]the Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus ^[r]Christ was as follows: when His ^(L)mother Mary had been ^[s]betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(M)found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned ^[t](N)to send her away secretly. ²⁰ But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “^(O)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^[u]the Child who has been ^[v]conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will bear a Son; and ^(P)you shall call His name Jesus, for ^[w]He ^(Q)will save His people from their sins.” ²² Now all this ^[x]took place to fulfill what was ^(R)spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ²³ “^(S)Behold, the virgin shall be with ^(T)child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name ^[y]Immanuel,” which translated means, “^(U)God with us.” ²⁴ And Joseph ^[z]awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, ^25 [aa]but kept her a virgin until she ^(V)gave birth to a Son; and ^(W)he called His name Jesus.

The Return of Christ

²⁴ “But in those days, after that tribulation, ^(A)the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, ^25 (B)and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in ^[a]the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ Then they will see ^(C)the Son of Man ^(D)coming in clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ And then He will send forth the angels, and ^(E)will gather together His ^[b]elect from the four winds, ^(F)from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

²⁸ “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹ Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, ^[c]recognize that ^[d]He is near, right at the ^[e]door. ³⁰ Truly I say to you, this ^[f]generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. ^32 (G)But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³ “Take heed, ^(H)keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time ^[g]will come. ^34 (I)It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and ^[h]putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. ³⁵ Therefore, ^(J)be on the alert—for you do not know when the ^[i]master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or ^(K)when the rooster crows, or ^(L)in the morning— ³⁶ in case he should come suddenly and find you ^(M)asleep. ³⁷ What I say to you I say to all, ‘^(N)Be on the alert!’”