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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the genealogy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is an account of the origin</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Jesus the Messiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jesus Christ</span><span class="ft">. </span><span class="fq">Messiah </span><span class="ft">(Hebrew) and </span><span class="fqa">Christ </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">Anointed One</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of David, the son of Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abraham was the father of Isaac,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Isaac the father of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Perez the father of Hezron,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Hezron the father of Ram,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ram the father of Amminadab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Amminadab the father of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Nahshon the father of Salmon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Obed the father of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Jesse the father of King David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah&#8217;s wife,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Solomon the father of Rehoboam,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Rehoboam the father of Abijah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Abijah the father of Asa,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoram the father of Uzziah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Uzziah the father of Jotham,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Jotham the father of Ahaz,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Manasseh the father of Amon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Amon the father of Josiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and Josiah the father of Jeconiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After the exile to Babylon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Abihud the father of Eliakim,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Eliakim the father of Azor,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Azor the father of Zadok,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Zadok the father of Akim,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Akim the father of Elihud,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Elihud the father of Eleazar,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Eleazar the father of Matthan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Matthan the father of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">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 Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this</span></span></span><span class="content">: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was a righteous man and</span></span></span><span class="content"> did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;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. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="fq">Jesus </span><span class="ft">is the Greek form of </span><span class="fqa">Joshua, </span><span class="ft">which means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> saves.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because he will save his people from their sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 7:14</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means &#8220;God with us&#8221;).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.</span></span></div>
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