Matthew 1:12-17
12 Here is a list of Jesus' ancestors who lived after that time:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel.Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.Abiud was the father of Eliakim.Eliakim was the father of Azor. 14 Azor was the father of Zadok.Zadok was the father of Akim.Akim was the father of Eliud. 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar.Eleazar was the father of Matthan.Matthan was the father of Jacob. 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph.Joseph married Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the one who is called Christ, the Messiah.
1:16‘Christ’ and ‘Messiah’ both mean someone that God has chosen to be king of his people. ‘Christ’ is the Greek word. ‘Messiah’ is the Hebrew word.
17 So there were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were another 14 generations from David to the time they took the Israelites away to Babylon. Then there were 14 generations from that time until Jesus, the Messiah, was born.
1:17Both Matthew and Luke record the family of Jesus. But the two lists are different. See Luke 3:23. Matthew records Jesus' ancestors as far as Joseph. Jesus was Mary's son, but he was not Joseph's son. But, when Joseph married Mary, he became the father of Jesus by the law. 