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Matthew 1
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of
Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez
became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father
of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the
father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father
of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the
father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the
father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of
Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the
father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the
time of the exile to Babylon.
After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of
Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father
of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of
Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of
Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from
whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen
generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the
Christ, fourteen generations.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his
mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together,
she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to
make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the
Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David,
don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that
which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for
it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
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“Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
- and shall bring forth a son.
- They shall call his name Immanuel;”
- which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”*
Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
and didn’t know her sexually until she had brought forth her
firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
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1:1 Messiah (Hebrew)
and Christ (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”
1:16 “Jesus” means
“Salvation.”
1:23 Isaiah 7:14
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Matthew 2 |
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of
King Herod, behold, wise men from the east
came to Jerusalem, saying,
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star
in the east, and have come to worship him.”
When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him.
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the
people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written
through the prophet,
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‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah,
- are in no way least among the princes of Judah:
- for out of you shall come forth a governor,
- who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”*
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them
exactly what time the star appeared.
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently
for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so
that I also may come and worship him.”
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the
star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it
came and stood over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great
joy.
They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his
mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their
treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and
myrrh.
Being warned in a dream that they shouldn’t return to Herod,
they went back to their own country another way.
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young
child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until
I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt,
and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”*
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was
exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male
children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding
countryside, from two years old and under, according to the
exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled, saying,
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“A voice was heard in Ramah,
- lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
- Rachel weeping for her children;
- she wouldn’t be comforted,
- because they are no more.”*
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the
land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are
dead.”
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into
the land of Israel.
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the
place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being
warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be
called a Nazarene.”
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2:1 The word for
“wise men” (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians,
astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.
2:6 Micah 5:2
2:15 Hosea 11:1
2:18 Jeremiah 31:15
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Matthew 3 |
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea, saying,
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
- “The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
- make ready the way of the Lord.
- Make his paths straight.”*
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a
leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild
honey.
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region
around the Jordan went out to him.
They were baptized by him in the Jordan,
confessing their sins.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for
his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring
of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!
Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for
I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from
these stones.
“Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore,
every tree that doesn’t bring forth good fruit is cut down, and
cast into the fire.
I indeed baptize you in water for repentance,
but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am
not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.*
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the
barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be
baptized by him.
But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized
by you, and you come to me?”
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it
now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all
righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water:
and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of
God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved
Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
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3:3 Isaiah 40:3
3:6 or, immersed
3:7 or, immersion
3:11 or, immerse
3:11 TR and NU
add “and with fire”
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Matthew 4 |
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Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil.
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry
afterward.
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become bread.”
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the
mouth of God.’”*
Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the
pinnacle of the temple,
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself
down, for it is written, ‘He will put his angels in charge of
you.’ and,
- ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
- so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”*
Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You
shall not test the Lord, your God.’”*
Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and
showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you
will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get
behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the
Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”*
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew
into Galilee.
Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by
the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the
prophet, saying,
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“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
- toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
- Galilee of the Gentiles,
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the people who sat in darkness saw a great light,
- to those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
- to them light has dawned.”*
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say,
“Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two
brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make
you fishers for men.”
They immediately left their nets and followed him.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their
father, mending their nets. He called them.
They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed
him.
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every
disease and every sickness among the people.
The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to
him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and
torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and
he healed them.
Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and
from beyond the Jordan followed him.
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4:4 Deuteronomy
8:3
4:6 Psalm 91:11-12
4:7 Deuteronomy
6:16
4:10 TR and NU
read “Go away” instead of “Get behind me”
4:10 Deuteronomy
6:13
4:16 Isaiah 9:1-2
4:18 TR reads
“Jesus” instead of “he”
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