AN account of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

All the generations therefore, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations; and from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ, fourteen generations.

But while he was thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit,

And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David!

But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

And all the multitudes wondered and said, Is this the Son of David?

And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly affected with a demon.

And behold two blind men who sat by the way, hearing that Jesus was passing by cried, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David!

And the multitude charged them to be still; but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David!

and the multitudes that went before, and those that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful works which he performed, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were displeased,

saying, What do you think of the Christ? whose son is he? They said to him, David's.

He said to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?