Reading
A Reading from the Book of Genesis 49: 2, 8-10
49:2 | Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father. |
49:8 | Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be at the necks of your enemies; the sons of your father will reverence you. |
49:9 | Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him? |
49:10 | The scepter from Judah and the leader from his thigh will not be taken away, until he who will be sent arrives, and he will be the expectation of Gentiles. |
Gospel
The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 1: 1-17
1:1 | The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. |
1:2 | Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers. |
1:3 | And Judah conceived Perez and Zerah by Tamar. And Perez conceived Hezron. And Hezron conceived Ram. |
1:4 | And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon. |
1:5 | And Salmon conceived Boaz by Rahab. And Boaz conceived Obed by Ruth. And Obed conceived Jesse. |
1:6 | And Jesse conceived king David. And king David conceived Solomon, by her who had been the wife of Uriah. |
1:7 | And Solomon conceived Rehoboam. And Rehoboam conceived Abijah. And Abijah conceived Asa. |
1:8 | And Asa conceived Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat conceived Joram. And Joram conceived Uzziah. |
1:9 | And Uzziah conceived Jotham. And Jotham conceived Ahaz. And Ahaz conceived Hezekiah. |
1:10 | And Hezekiah conceived Manasseh. And Manasseh conceived Amos. And Amos conceived Josiah. |
1:11 | And Josiah conceived Jechoniah and his brothers in the transmigration of Babylon. |
1:12 | And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah conceived Shealtiel. And Shealtiel conceived Zerubbabel. |
1:13 | And Zerubbabel conceived Abiud. And Abiud conceived Eliakim. And Eliakim conceived Azor. |
1:14 | And Azor conceived Zadok. And Zadok conceived Achim. And Achim conceived Eliud. |
1:15 | And Eliud conceived Eleazar. And Eleazar conceived Matthan. And Matthan conceived Jacob. |
1:16 | And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. |
1:17 | And so, all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the transmigration of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the transmigration of Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations. |
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