Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Ancestors of Jesus Christ
(Luke 3.23–38)
1 This is the list of the ancestors
of Jesus Christ, a descendant of
David, who was a descendant of
Abraham.
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6 From Abraham to King David,
the following ancestors are listed:
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and
his brothers; then Perez and Zerah
(their mother was Tamar), Hezron,
Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon,
Boaz (his mother was Rahab),
Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse,
and King David.
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11 From David to the time when
the people of Israel were taken into
exile in Babylon, the following ancestors
are listed: David, Solomon
(his mother was the woman who
had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam,
Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram,
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah,
Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoiachin
and his brothers. note
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16 From the time after the exile
in Babylon to the birth of Jesus, the
following ancestors are listed:
Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel,
Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok,
Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob,
and Joseph, who married Mary,
the mother of Jesus, who was called
the Messiah.
17 So then, there were fourteen
generations from Abraham to David,
and fourteen from David to the exile
in Babylon, and fourteen from then
to the birth of the Messiah.
The Birth of Jesus Christ
(Luke 2.1–7)
18 This was how the birth of Jesus
Christ took place. His mother Mary
was engaged to Joseph, but before
they were married, she found out
that she was going to have a baby by
the Holy Spirit. note
19 Joseph was a man
who always did what was right, but
he did not want to disgrace Mary
publicly; so he made plans to break
the engagement privately.
20 While
he was thinking about this, an angel
of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, “Joseph, descendant
of David, do not be afraid to take
Mary to be your wife. For it is by the
Holy Spirit that she has conceived.
21 She will have a son, and you will
name him Jesus—because he will
save his people from their sins.” note
22 Now all this happened in order
to make come true what the Lord
had said through the prophet,
23 “A
virgin will become pregnant and
have a son, and he will be called Immanuel”
(which means, “God is with
us”). note
24 So when Joseph woke up, he
married Mary, as the angel of the
Lord had told him to.
25 But he had
no sexual relations with her before
she gave birth to her son. And
Joseph named him Jesus. note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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