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 was the husband of Mary,and Mary was the mother of Jesus.Jesus is called the Christ.
17. So there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David. And there were fourteen generations from David until the people were taken to Babylon. And there were fourteen generations from the time when the people were taken to Babylon until Christ was born.
18. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph, but before they married, she learned she was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.
19. Because Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man, he did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to divorce her secretly.