THE GOSPEL

ACCORDING   TO

MATTHEW.

CHAP. I.

THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

²Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren, ³and Judas begat Phares, and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram; ⁴and Aram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, ⁵and Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, ⁶and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias, ⁷and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, ⁸and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, ⁹and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekias, ¹⁰and Hezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, ¹¹and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon, ¹²and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel, ¹³and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, ¹⁴and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom is born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the carrying away into Babylon fourteen generations, and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ fourteen generations.

¹⁸Now the generation of Jesus Christ was attended with these circumstances: His mother Mary being betrothed to Joseph, before they cohabited together, she was found with child from the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Then Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to expose her publicly, designed to put her away privately. ²⁰And as he was revolving the matter in his mind, behold, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared unto him, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary for thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. ²²Now the whole of this was done, that what was spoken of the Lord, by the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying¹, ²³“A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel,” which is being interpreted, God with us.

²⁴Then Joseph when arisen from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife; ²⁵and he knew her not, until she had brought forth her son, the first begotten, and he called his name Jesus.

CHAP. II.

NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, lo! Magians from the East came to Jerusalem, ²saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to pay him homage.

³Now when Herod the king heard this, he was much agitated, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴And