A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her who had been Uriah's,

All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,

And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, 'Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'

And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?'

and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, 'Deal kindly with us, sir -- Son of David.'

And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, 'Deal kindly with us sir -- Son of David.'

and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

saying, 'What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, 'Of David.'

He saith to them, 'How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,

If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?'