{\cf6 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.}\par
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that {\b God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set {\i one} upon his throne};
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who {\i among them} considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke {\i was due}?
And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.\par
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, {\i and} coming upon him;
In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;