Matthew 1:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

Genesis 22:18

And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

Psalm 132:11

The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

Psalm 89:3

I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;

Psalm 89:36

His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

Isaiah 11:1

And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

Isaiah 53:8

They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

Jeremiah 23:5

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

Jeremiah 33:26

Then I will give up caring for 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 let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.

Amos 9:11

In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

Zechariah 12:8

In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:2

The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

Matthew 15:22

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

Matthew 3:16

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

Matthew 9:27

And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

Luke 1:33

He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

John 7:42

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

Acts 2:30

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

Romans 1:3

About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,

Romans 4:13

For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

2 Timothy 2:8

Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

Revelation 22:16

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.