The Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Jesse of David--the King. David (by Uriah's widow)

There are therefore, in all, fourteen generations from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Removal to Babylon; and fourteen from the Removal to Babylon to the Christ.

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, "Pity us, Son of David."

"Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and his men were hungry?

And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

and the multitudes--some of the people preceding Him and some following--sang aloud, "God save the Son of David! Blessings on Him who comes in the Lord's name! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were filled with indignation.

"What think you about the Christ," He said, "whose son is He?" "David's," they replied.

"How then," He asked, "does David, taught by the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says,

"If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?"