The ancestry of Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, who was descended from Abraham.

and Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus called Christ.

So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen, and from David to the Babylonian Exile, fourteen, and from the Babylonian Exile to the Christ, fourteen.

Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Now when John heard in prison of what the Christ was doing, he sent by his disciples

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!"

Then he warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

And you must not let men call you master, for you have only one master, the Christ.

For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am the Christ,' and many will be misled by them.

"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it,

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."

saying, "Show us you are a prophet, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

Pilate said to them, "Then what am I to do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"