Matthew 1; Luke 2:1-38

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Matthew 1

1 The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son:

2 Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers,

3 Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram,

4 Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon,

5 Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse,

6 Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother),

7 Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa,

8 Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah,

9 Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah,

10 Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah,

11 Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile.

12 When the Babylonian exile ended, Jehoiachin had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel,

13 Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor,

14 Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud,

15 Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob,

16 Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ.

17 There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ. The Birth of Jesus

18 The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.)

19 Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced.

20 While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant.

21 She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus - 'God saves' - because he will save his people from their sins."

22 This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term:

23 Watch for this - a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Emmanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us").

24 Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the dream: He married Mary.

25 But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.

Luke 2:1-38

1 About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire.

2 This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

3 Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for.

4 So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there.

5 He went with Mary, his fiancŽe, who was pregnant.

6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

7 She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.

8 There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep.

9 Suddenly, God's angel stood among them and God's glory blazed around them. They were terrified.

10 The angel said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide:

11 A Savior has just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master.

12 This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger."

13 At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises:

14 Glory to God in the heavenly heights, Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.

15 As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us."

16 They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

17 Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child.

18 All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.

19 Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself.

20 The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned out exactly the way they'd been told!

21 When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

22 Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God

23 as commanded in God's Law: "Every male who opens the womb shall be a holy offering to God,"

24 and also to sacrifice the "pair of doves or two young pigeons" prescribed in God's Law.

25 In Jerusalem at the time, there was a man, Simeon by name, a good man, a man who lived in the prayerful expectancy of help for Israel. And the Holy Spirit was on him.

26 The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would see the Messiah of God before he died.

27 Led by the Spirit, he entered the Temple. As the parents of the child Jesus brought him in to carry out the rituals of the Law,

28 Simeon took him into his arms and blessed God:

29 God, you can now release your servant; release me in peace as you promised.

30 With my own eyes I've seen your salvation;

31 it's now out in the open for everyone to see:

32 A God-revealing light to the non-Jewish nations, and of glory for your people Israel.

33 Jesus' father and mother were speechless with surprise at these words.

34 Simeon went on to bless them, and said to Mary his mother, This child marks both the failure and the recovery of many in Israel, A figure misunderstood and contradicted -

35 the pain of a sword-thrust through you - But the rejection will force honesty, as God reveals who they really are.

36 Anna the prophetess was also there, a daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was by now a very old woman. She had been married seven years

37 and a widow for eighty-four. She never left the Temple area, worshiping night and day with her fastings and prayers.

38 At the very time Simeon was praying, she showed up, broke into an anthem of praise to God, and talked about the child to all who were waiting expectantly for the freeing of Jerusalem.

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