The Word Became Flesh
1 IN THE beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, [1] and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. [2]
10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his own, [3] and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, [4] full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' ") 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, [5] who is close to the Father's heart, [6] who has made him known.
The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
19 AN ACCOUNT of the genealogy [7] of Jesus the Messiah, [8] the son of David, the son of Abraham, the son of Adam.
20 God was the father of Adam, and Adam the father of Seth, and Seth the father of Enos, and Enos father of Cainan, 21 and Cainan father of Mahalaleel, and Mahalaleel father of Jared, and Jared father of Enoch, and Enoch father of Methuselah, 22 and Methuselah father of Lamech, and Lamech father of Noah, and Noah father of Shem, and Shem father of Arphaxad, 23 and Arphaxad father of Cainan and Cainan father of Shelah, and Shelah father of Eber, and Eber father of Peleg, and Peleg father of Reu, and Reu father of Serug, and Serug father of Nahor, 24 and Nahor father of Terah, and Terah father of Abraham.
25 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 26 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram [9], 27 and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon [10], 28 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 29 and Jesse the father of King David.
12 As written by Matthew, David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 30 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, [11] 31 and Asaph [12] the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 32 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 33 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, [13] and Amos [14] the father of Josiah, 34 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
35 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel, and Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel, 36 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 37 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 38 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 39 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. [15]
