Matthew 1:1 Cross References - WPNT

¹ A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

¹ Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men (magi) from the East came into Jerusalem, ² saying: “Where is he who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the East and have come to worship him.”

¹⁶ And having been baptized Jesus came up directly from the water, when wow, the heavens were opened to Him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting upon Him.

²⁷ As Jesus went on from there two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

²² And then, a Canaanite woman coming from those parts cried out to Him saying: “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demonized.”

⁴² saying, “What do you think about the Christ; whose Son is He?” They say to Him, “David’s”. ⁴³ He says to them: “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’ saying, ⁴⁴ ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet”’? ⁴⁵ Really now, if David calls Him ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”

³¹ Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS. ³² He will be great, and will be called ‘Son of the Most High’; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

⁶⁹ and has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant David ⁷⁰ — just as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from antiquity—

²³ (Beginning His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (so it was supposed) a son of Joseph, Jesus Himself was of Eli, ²⁴ of Matthan, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, ²⁵ of Mattathiah, of Amos, of Nahum, of Esli, of Naggai, ²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathiah, of Semei, of Joseph, of Judah, ²⁷ of Joannan, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Shealtiel, of Neri, ²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, ²⁹ of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi, ³⁰ of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonam, of Eliakim, ³¹ of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, ³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Nahshon, ³³ of Amminadab, of Aram, of Joram, of Hezron, of Perez, of Judah, ³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nahor, ³⁵ of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg, of Eber, of Shela, ³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noah, of Lamech, ³⁷ of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared, of Mahalaleel, of Cainan, ³⁸ of Enosh, of Seth, of Adam, of God.)

⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ comes out of the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”

³⁰ So then, he being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath that of the fruit, according to flesh, of his loins He would raise up the Messiah to sit on his throne,

²² And removing him He raised up for them David as king, about whom He gave witness and said: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will’. ²³ God, from this man’s seed, according to promise, has brought Salvation to Israel,

³ concerning His Son, who became a physical descendant of David,

¹³ Now the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or his seed, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

⁵ The patriarchs are theirs, and from them came the Christ (the physical part), who is over all, God forever blessed. Amen.

¹⁶ But to Abraham were spoken the promises, and to his Seed. He doesn’t say “and to seeds”, as about many, but “and to your seed”, as about one, who is Christ.

¹⁶ “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you, in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning Star.