The book of the generation of  ¹Jesus  ²Christ, the  ³son of David, the  ⁴son of Abraham:

Abraham begot  ¹Isaac, and Isaac begot  ²Jacob, and Jacob begot  ³Judah and his  ⁴brothers,

And Judah begot  ¹Pharez and Zarah of  ²Tamar, and Pharez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Aram,

And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,

And Salmon begot Boaz of  ¹Rahab, and  ²Boaz begot Obed of  ³Ruth, and Obed begot  ⁴Jesse,

And Jesse begot  ¹David the  ²king. And David begot  ³Solomon of her who had been the  ⁴wife of Uriah,

And Solomon begot  ¹Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa,

And Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and  ¹Joram begot Uzziah,

And Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah,

And Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah.

And  ¹Josiah begot  ²Jeconiah and his  ³brothers at the time of the  ⁴deportation to Babylon.

And after the  ¹deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Salathiel, and Salathiel begot  ²Zerubbabel,

And Zerubbabel begot Abiud, and Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor,

And Azor begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud,

And Eliud begot Eleazar, and Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob,

And  ¹Jacob begot  ²Joseph the husband of  ³Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called  ⁴Christ.

Thus  ¹all the generations from Abraham  ²until David are fourteen generations, and from David  ³until the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon  ⁴until the Christ, fourteen generations.

Now the origin of Jesus Christ was in this way: His mother, Mary, after she had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with child  ¹of the Holy Spirit.

And Joseph her husband, being  ¹righteous and not willing to disgrace her openly, intended to  ²send her away secretly.

But while he pondered 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 your wife, for that which has been  ¹begotten in her is  ²of the Holy Spirit.

And she will bear a son, and you shall call His name  ¹Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.

Now all this has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the  ¹prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a  ¹son, and they shall call His name  ²Emmanuel” (which is translated, God  ³with us).

And when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to himself his wife.

And he did not know her until she  ¹bore a son. And he called His name Jesus.

Now after Jesus was born in  ¹Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Saying, Where is He who has been born  ¹King of the Jews? For we saw His  ²star at its rising and have come to worship Him.

And when Herod the king heard this, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him.

And gathering together all the chief  ¹priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written through the prophet:

“And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, by no means are you the least among the  ¹princes of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Ruler, One who will shepherd My people Israel.”

Then Herod, secretly calling the magi, determined accurately from them the time that the star appeared.

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go and find out accurately about the child. And when you find Him, report to me, so that I also may come and worship Him.

And after they heard the king, they went their way, and behold, the  ¹star which they saw at its rising led them until it came and stood over the place where the child was.

And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

And they came into the  ¹house and saw the child with Mary His mother. And falling down, they  ²worshipped Him; and opening their treasures, they offered  ³gifts to Him, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

And because they had been divinely instructed in a dream not to  ¹return to Herod, they departed by  ²another way to their country.

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take the child and His mother and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to seek the child to destroy Him.

And he arose and took the child and His mother by night and departed into Egypt,

And was there until the death of Herod, in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be  ¹fulfilled, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My  ²Son.”

Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, became greatly enraged, and sending out men, he  ¹did away with all the boys who were in Bethlehem and in all its borders from two years old and under, according to the time that he had accurately determined from the magi.

At that time what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

“A voice in Ramah was heard, weeping and great lamentation:  ¹Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”

And when Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Saying, Arise, take the child and His mother and go into the land of Israel, for those who seek the  ¹life of the child have died.

And he arose and took the child and His mother and entered into the land of Israel.

But because he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he departed into the regions of  ¹Galilee.

And he came and settled in a city called  ¹Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the  ²prophets might be fulfilled, He shall be called a  ³Nazarene.

Now in those days  ¹John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the  ²wilderness of Judea

And saying,  ¹Repent, for the  ²kingdom of the heavens has  ³drawn near.

For this is he who was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “A voice of one crying in the  ¹wilderness,  ²Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.”

Now this John had his garment of  ¹camel's hair and a leather girdle around his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

At that time Jerusalem and all Judea and all the surrounding region of the Jordan went out to him,

And they were  ¹baptized by him in the  ²Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

But when he saw many of the  ¹Pharisees and  ²Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who prompted you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce then fruit worthy of your repentance.

And do not presume to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I tell you that God is able, out of these stones, to  ¹raise up children to Abraham.

And already the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

I baptize you in water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He Himself will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and  ¹fire,

Whose winnowing fan is in His hand. And He will thoroughly cleanse His threshing floor and will gather His  ¹wheat into His barn, but the  ¹chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be  ¹baptized by him.

But John tried to prevent Him, saying, It is I who have need of being baptized by You, and You come to me?

But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit it for now, for it is fitting for us in this way to fulfill all  ¹righteousness. Then he permitted Him.

And  ¹having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and behold, the  ²heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the  ³Spirit of God descending like a  ⁴dove and coming upon Him.

And behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying,  ¹This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight.