The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

And Jesse, of David the king. David (by Uriah's widow), was the father of Solomon;

So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen; from David to the exile to Babylon is fourteen; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ is fourteen.

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

And as he went on from thence two blind men followed Jesus, crying, "Have pity on us, Son of David!"

"Have you not read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was hungry, and his men, too?

And all the crowds were amazed, and he began to say, "Can this be the Son of David?"

Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."

And two blind men, sitting by the side of the road, heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried out, "Have pity on us, Master, Son of David!"

But the crowd checked them, to make them keep still. They cried out all the louder, saying, "Master, have pity on us, Son of David!"

And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

But when the chief priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful works he did, and the boys who were shouting in the Temple Courts and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!"

"What is your opinion concerning the Christ? Whose Son is he?" "David's," they answered.

"How then, "he said, "does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

"If David calls him Lord, how can he be his Son?"