The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^[a]record of the genealogy of ^[b]Jesus ^[c]the Messiah, ^(A)the son of David, ^(B)the son of Abraham:

² Abraham ^[d]was the father of Isaac, ^[e]Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of ^[f]Judah and his brothers. ³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C)Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of ^[g]Ram. ⁴ Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. ⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. ⁶ Jesse was the father of David the king.

David ^(D)was the father of Solomon by ^[h]Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. ⁷ Solomon ^(E)was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of ^[i]Asa. ⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of ^[j]Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. ⁹ Uzziah was the father of ^[k]Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. ¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of ^[l]Amon, and Amon the ^(F)father of Josiah. ¹¹ Josiah became the father of ^[m]Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(G)deportation to Babylon.

¹² After the ^(H)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of ^[n]Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. ¹³ Zerubbabel was the father of ^[o]Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. ¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. ¹⁵ Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. ¹⁶ Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(I)who is called ^[p]the Messiah.

³ concerning His Son, who was born ^(A)of a ^[a]descendant of David ^(B)according to the flesh,