1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers,
3and Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of Ram,
4and Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
5and Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse,
6and Jesse was the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
7and Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of Asaph,
8and Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah,
9and Uzziah was the father of Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah,
10and Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of Amos, and Amos was the father of Josiah,
11and Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel,
13and Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, and Abiud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor,
14and Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud,
15and Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob,
16and Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus
18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: when his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
19And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her quietly.
20But as he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
22Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel,” which means, “God with us.”
24When Joseph woke up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife,
25but he did not know her until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
parallel1 Chronicles 1:34— The pre-exilic genealogy from Abraham through the kings parallels the Chronicles genealogies.
parallel1 Chronicles 2:3— The Davidic descent from Perez through Boaz, Obed, Jesse to David appears in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus.
parallel1 Chronicles 3:10— The Davidic royal line from Solomon through Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Josiah matches Matthew's genealogy of Jesus.
parallel1 Chronicles 3:17— Jeconiah and his son Shealtiel in the post-exilic line correspond to Matthew's genealogy after the deportation.
parallelRuth 4:13— The line from Boaz and Ruth to Obed to Jesse to David matches the genealogy in Ruth 4.
parallelRuth 4:18— The line from Perez through Boaz, Obed, Jesse to David reappears in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, including Ruth and Tamar.
allusion2 Samuel 12:24— David fathering Solomon 'by the wife of Uriah' alludes to David and Bathsheba.
echoed in2 Samuel 11:1— Matthew's genealogy names Solomon as born of David 'by the wife of Uriah,' referring to Bathsheba here.
allusionGenesis 38:29— Judah's fathering of Perez and Zerah by Tamar refers to the account in Genesis 38.
echoed inNumbers 1:1— Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of Judah, appears in the genealogy of Jesus.
thematic2 Samuel 7:12— Jesus as 'son of David' connects to the Davidic covenant promising an eternal throne to David's descendant.
thematicGenesis 12:3— Jesus as 'son of Abraham' evokes the promise that all nations would be blessed through Abraham's offspring.
thematicGenesis 38:1— Matthew's genealogy of Jesus names Judah as father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar.
thematicJoshua 6:1— Rahab who dwelt among Israel becomes an ancestor of David and Jesus in Matthew's genealogy.
thematicNumbers 7:1— Nahshon son of Amminadab appears in the genealogy of Jesus as an ancestor in the line of Judah.
thematicRuth 1:19— Ruth the Moabitess who returned to Bethlehem is named in the genealogy of David and of Jesus.
The Birth of Jesus
quotationIsaiah 7:14— Matthew explicitly quotes Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy as fulfilled in Jesus' virgin birth.
fulfilled inIsaiah 7:10— Matthew explicitly cites this verse ('Behold, the virgin shall be with child... they shall call his name Immanuel') as fulfilled in the birth of Jesus.
echoed inIsaiah 8:5— 'For God is with us' echoes the meaning of Immanuel cited in Matthew's nativity account.
allusionPsalms 130:8— 'He will save his people from their sins' echoes the promise that the LORD will redeem Israel from all iniquities.
thematicDeuteronomy 22:13— The legal status of a betrothed virgin as effectively a wife underlies Joseph's dilemma over Mary.
thematicMatthew 28:16— Jesus' promise 'I am with you always' fulfills the Immanuel ('God with us') theme framing the Gospel.
thematicPsalms 130:1— The promise that he will redeem Israel from all its iniquities echoes in the naming of Jesus who will save his people from their sins.