I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Matthew 1:1 - English Standard Version 2016 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE BOOK of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham. [Ps. 132:11; Isa. 11:1.] American Standard Version (1901) The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Common English Bible A record of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham: Catholic Public Domain Version The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: |
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”
“In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old,
On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, going before them.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.”
and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”