Understanding the Gospel of Matthew and Why it Matters - Part 2

Matthew 1:1-17The Genealogy of Jesus Christ1Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, theManasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and
son of David, the son of Abraham.2A brahamAmos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the
was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father offather of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time
Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and hisof the deportation to Babylon.12 And after the
brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez anddeportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father
Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron,of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud
father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the fatherthe father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of
of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and
and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, andZadok the father of Achim, and Achimrfasr the
Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed thefather of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar,
father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of Davidand Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan
the king. And David was the father of Solomonthe father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of
by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father ofJoseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was
Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah,born, who is called Christ.17 So all the generations
and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph thefrom Abraham to David were fourteen
father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat thegenerations, and from David to the deportation to
father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,Babylon fourteen generations, and from the
9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jothamdeportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen
the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father ofgenerations.