THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Jesse begot David the king: David the king begot Solomon of her who had been the wife of Uriah:

So all the generations from Abraham till David are fourteen generations: and from David till the removal to Babylon are fourteen generations: and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ are 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 home Mary your wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And as Jesus was departing thence, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying: Son of David, have mercy on us.

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

And all the people were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

And behold, a woman of Chanaan came out from those borders, and cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.

And the multitude charged them to be silent. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their anger was aroused,

saying: What think you of the Christ? whose son is he? They said to him: The son of David.

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?