Matthew 1:1-17

1This is a list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ. Jesus was from the family of King David. David was from the family of Abraham.

2Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. Tamar was their mother. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.

4Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

5Salmon was the father of Boaz. Rahab was his mother. Boaz was the father of Obed. Ruth was his mother. Obed was the father of Jesse.

6Jesse was the father of King David. David was Solomon's father. Solomon's mother was the wife of Uriah.

7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.

8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.

9Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.

11Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers. This was at the time when the Israelites' enemies took them away to Babylon.

12Here is a list of Jesus' ancestors who lived after that time: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

13Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.

14Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud.

15Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.

16Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph married Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the one who is called Christ, the Messiah.

17So then, there were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were another 14 generations from David to the time they took the Israelite people away to Babylon. Then there were 14 generations from that time until Jesus, the Messiah, was born.