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The Gospel According to St. Matthew

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- Chapter 1 -

(Ruth 4:18–22; Luke 3:23–38)
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The booke of the generation of Jesus Christ the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
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Abraham begate Isaac. And Isaac begate Iacob. And Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren.
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And Iudas begate Phares, and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begate Esrom. And Esrom begate Aram.
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And Aram begate Aminadab. And Aminadab begate Naasson. And Naasson begat Salmon.
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And Salmon begate Booz of Rachab. And Booz begat Obed of Ruth. and Obed begat Iesse.
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And Iesse begate Dauid the King. And Dauid the King begate Salomon of her that was the wife of Vrias.
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And Salomon begate Roboam. And Roboam begate Abia. And Abia begate Asa.
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And Asa begate Iosaphat. And Iosaphat begate Ioram. And Ioram begate Hozias.
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And Hozias begat Ioatham. And Ioatham begate Achaz. And Achaz begate Ezekias.
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And Ezekias begate Manasses. And Manasses begate Amon. And Amon begate Iosias.
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And Iosias begate Iakim. And Iakim begate Iechonias and his brethren about the time they were caried away to Babylon.
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And after they were caried away into Babylon, Iechonias begate Salathiel. And Salathiel begate Zorobabel.
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And Zorobabel begate Abiud. And Abiud begate Eliacim. And Eliacim begate Azor.
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And Azor begate Sadoc. And Sadoc begate Achim. And Achim begate Eliud.
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And Eliud begate Eleazar. And Eleazar begate Matthan. And Matthan begate Iacob.
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And Iacob begat Ioseph ye husband of Mary, of whom was borne Jesus, that is called Christ.
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So all the generations from Abraham to Dauid, are fourtene generations. And from Dauid vntil they were caried away into Babylon, fourtene generations: and after they were caried away into Babylon vntill Christ, fourteene generations.

The Birth of Jesus

(Isaiah 7:10–16; Luke 2:1–7)
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Nowe the birth of Jesus Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
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Then Ioseph her husband being a iust man, and not willing to make her a publike example, was minded to put her away secretly.
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But whiles he thought these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a dreame, saying, Ioseph, the sonne of Dauid, feare not to take Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiued in her, is of the holy Ghost.
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And she shall bring foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes.
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And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,
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Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.
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Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lord had inioyned him, and tooke his wife.
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But he knew her not, til she had broght forth her first borne sonne, and he called his name JESUS.
(Ruth 4:18–22; Luke 3:23–38)
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,(a) the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
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Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
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Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
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Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
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Jesse became the father of King David. David the king (b) became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
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Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
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Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
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Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
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Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
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Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
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After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
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Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
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Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
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Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
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Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus,(c) who is called Christ.
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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.

The Birth of Jesus

(Isaiah 7:10–16; Luke 2:1–7)
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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
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Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
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But when he thought about these things, behold,(d) 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 as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
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She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus,(e) for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
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Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
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“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”(f)
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Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
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and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

Footnotes

(a)1:1 Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”
(b)1:6 NU omits “the king”.
(c)1:16 “Jesus” means “Salvation”.
(d)1:20 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
(e)1:21 “Jesus” means “Salvation”.
(f)1:23 ℘ Isaiah 7:14
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