Matthew 11MatthewBirth and preparation of the KingUnlocked Dynamic Bible

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1. The Genealogy of Jesus

   (Ruth 4:18–22; Luke 3:23–38)

2. 1UDBThis is the record of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, the descendant of King David and of Abraham.BSBBSB: This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
3. 2UDBAbraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and of his brothers.BSBBSB: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
4. 3UDBJudah was the father of Perez and Zerah, and their mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.BSBBSB: Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
5. 4UDBRam was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.BSBBSB: Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
6. 5UDBSalmon and his wife Rahab were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed's mother was Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse.BSBBSB: Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
7. 6UDBJesse was the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon; Solomon's mother was the wife of Uriah.BSBBSB: and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
8. 7UDBSolomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.BSBBSB: Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
9. 8UDBAsa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram. Joram was an ancestor of Uzziah.BSBBSB: Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
10. 9UDBUzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.BSBBSB: Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
11. 10UDBHezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.BSBBSB: Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
12. 11UDBJosiah was the grandfather of Jechoniah and Jechoniah's brothers. They lived at the time when the Babylonian army took the people of Israel as captives to the country of Babylon.BSBBSB: and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
13. 12UDBAfter the Babylonians took the people of Israel to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was an ancestor of Zerubbabel.BSBBSB: After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
14. 13UDBZerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.BSBBSB: Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
15. 14UDBAzor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud.BSBBSB: Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.
16. 15UDBEliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.BSBBSB: Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
17. 16UDBJacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary's husband, and Mary was Jesus's mother. Jesus is the one who is called Christ.BSBBSB: and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
18. 17UDBThe list of Jesus's ancestors is as follows: Fourteen of them from the time when Abraham lived to the time when King David lived. There were another fourteen from the time when David lived until the time when people of Israel were taken away to Babylon, and then yet another fourteen from then until the time when Christ was born.BSBBSB: In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

19. The Birth of Jesus

    (Isaiah 7:10–16; Luke 2:1–7)

20. 18UDBThis is the account of what happened just before Jesus Christ was born. Mary, his mother, had promised to marry Joseph, but before they lived together as husband and wife, they found out that she was expecting a child by the Holy Spirit's power.BSBBSB: This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
21. 19UDBNow Joseph, who was to be her husband, was a man who obeyed God's commands, so he decided not to marry her. But he did not want to shame her in front of other people. So he decided to quietly drop his plans to marry her.BSBBSB: Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
22. 20UDBWhile he was seriously considering this, an angel whom the Lord sent surprised him in a dream. The angel said, "Joseph, descendant of King David, do not be afraid to marry Mary. For what has been conceived in her is there by the Holy Spirit.BSBBSB: But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
23. 21UDBShe will give birth to a son. Since it is he who will save his people from their sins, name him 'Jesus.'"BSBBSB: She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
24. 22UDBAll this happened to make come true what the Lord told the prophet Isaiah to write long ago. Isaiah wrote,BSBBSB: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
25. 23UDB"Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will call him Immanuel"— which means, "God is with us."BSBBSB: “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
26. 24UDBWhen Joseph got up from sleep, he did what the angel had commanded him to do. He began to live with Mary as his wife.BSBBSB: When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.
27. 25UDBBut he did not sleep with her until she had given birth to a son. And Joseph named him Jesus.BSBBSB: But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.