so that you may know for certain the things you were taught.

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.

Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry --

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

So he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

But he said to them, "How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son?

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand,

If David then calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?"