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NEW TESTAMENT


MATTHEW
CHAPTER 1
Mt. 1:1 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David,
the son of Abraham:
Mt. 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
Mt. 1:3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was
Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of
Ram,
Mt. 1:4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of
Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Mt. 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz
the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father
of Jesse,
Mt. 1:6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of
Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
Mt. 1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of
Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
Mt. 1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of
Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
Mt. 1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz
the father of Hezekiah,
Mt. 1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of
Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
Mt. 1:11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah [That is, Jehoiachin; also in
verse 12] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
Mt. 1:12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of
Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
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Mt. 1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
Mt. 1:14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim
the father of Eliud,
Mt. 1:15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
Mt. 1:16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of
whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Mt. 1:17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to
David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and
fourteen from the exile to the Christ. [Or Messiah. "The
Christ" (Greek) and "the Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "the
Anointed One".]
Mt. 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother
Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they
came together, she was found to be with child through the
Holy Spirit.
Mt. 1:19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not
want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to
divorce her quietly.
Mt. 1:20 But after he had considered this, an 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
what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Mt. 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name
Jesus, [Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the
LORD saves.] because he will save his people from their
sins."
Mt. 1:22 All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through
the prophet:
Mt. 1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and
they will call him Immanuel" - [Isaiah 7:14] which means,
"God with us."
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Mt. 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had
commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
Mt. 1:25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son.
And he gave him the name Jesus.
CHAPTER 2
Mt. 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time
of King Herod, Magi [Traditionally Wise Men] from the east
came to Jerusalem
Mt. 2:2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the
Jews? We saw his star in the east [Or star when it rose] and
have come to worship him."
Mt. 2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all
Jerusalem with him.
Mt. 2:4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and
teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ [Or
Messiah] was to be born.
Mt. 2:5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the
prophet has written:
Mt. 2:6 "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means
least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a
ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'" [Micah
5:2]
Mt. 2:7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from
them the exact time the star had appeared.
Mt. 2:8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful
search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me,
so that I too may go and worship him."
Mt. 2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and