From www.ebible.org with slight reformatting by Martin Ward. Book 40 Matthew 001:001 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ{Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"}, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 001:002 Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. 001:003 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram. 001:004 Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. 001:005 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. 001:006 Jesse became the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 001:007 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. 001:008 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. 001:009 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. 001:010 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. 001:011 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon. 001:012 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. 001:013 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. 001:014 Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. 001:015 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. 001:016 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus{"Jesus" means "Salvation."}, who is called Christ. 001:017 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations. 001:018 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 001:019 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. 001:020 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife,