Matthew 1:17

Good News Translation

So then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, and fourteen from David to the exile in Babylon, and fourteen from then to the birth of the Messiah.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

Nebuchadnezzar carried away as prisoners the people of Jerusalem, all the royal princes, and all the leading men, ten thousand in all. He also deported all the skilled workers, including the blacksmiths, leaving only the poorest of the people behind in Judah.

Matthew 11:2

When John the Baptist heard in prison about the things that Christ was doing, he sent some of his disciples to him.

John 1:41

At once he found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah.” (This word means “Christ.”)