The family tree of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, a descendant of Abraham.

Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife;

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the Babylonian Exile fourteen, from the Babylonian Exile to Christ fourteen.

But just as this thought occurred to him, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for it is through the influence of the Holy Spirit that she has become an expectant mother.

As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, "Do pity us, O Son of David!"

But He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his soldiers became hungry?

And all the crowds of people were dumbfounded, and began to say, "He is by no means the Son of David, is He?"

And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and pleaded, saying, "Do pity me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is suffering horrors from a demon."

And two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing and cried out, "Do pity us, Lord, you Son of David!"

The crowd reproved them and urged them to keep quiet, but they cried out all the louder, "Do pity us, Lord, you Son of David!"

And the crowds that went in front of Him and followed Him shouted: "Welcome the Son of David! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Welcome Him from on high!"

But because the high priests and scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple, "Welcome the Son of David," they were indignant

"What is your opinion of the Christ? Whose son is He?" They answered Him, "He is David's son."

He asked them, "How then does David, under the guidance of the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says:

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

He answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his soldiers were in need and hungry?

When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, you son of David, do pity me!"

Many of the people began to rebuke him and to tell him to keep quiet, but all the louder he kept shouting, "You son of David, do pity me!"

Blessed be the coming reign of our father David! Welcome Him from on high!"

While He was teaching in the temple, He answered them and said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

David himself, Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, said: 'The Lord has said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'

David himself called him Lord, so how can He be his son?" Most of the people liked to hear Him.

to a virgin there engaged to be married to a man named 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. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David,

and He has made a mighty Saviour for us in the house of His servant David,

And Joseph too went up from Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to the town of David in Judea called Bethlehem, because he was a descendant of the house and family of David,

for today, in the town of David, a Saviour for you has been born, who is to be your Messiah and Lord.

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

Jesus answered them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his soldiers became hungry?

Then he cried out, "Jesus, you Son of David, do pity me!"

But those who were marching in front reproved him and told him to keep quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "O Son of David, do pity me!"

Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?

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

So David calls Him Lord, then how can He be his Son?"

Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

"Brothers, that Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit uttered by the mouth of David in the former times about Judas who became the guide to those who arrested Jesus;

For David says of Him: 'I always kept my eyes upon the Lord, for He is at my right hand, so that I may not be removed.

"Brothers, I may confidently say to you about the patriarch David, that he died and was buried, and that his grave is here among us to this very day.

For David did not go up to heaven, but he himself says: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

who spoke thus through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David, your servant: 'Why did the heathen rage, and the peoples make vain designs?

This tent our forefathers brought in and passed on when under Joshua they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before them, and it remained until the time of David.

Then He deposed him and raised up for them David to be king, to whom He bore this testimony, 'I have found in David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all that my will requires.'

Now as a proof that He has raised Him from the dead, no more to return to decay, He has spoken this, 'I will fulfill to you the holy promises made to David.'

For David, after having served God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers, and so he did experience decay,

'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen dwelling; I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,

about His Son, who on the physical side became a descendant of David, and on the holy, spiritual side

So David, too, describes the happiness of the man to whom God credits right standing with Himself, without the things he does having anything to do with it:

And David said: "Let their food become a snare and a trap to them, their pitfall and retribution;

Continue to remember Jesus Christ as risen from the dead, and descended from David, in accordance with the good news that I preach,

He again fixes a definite day, saying long afterward through David, as has been quoted: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts."

And why should I continue to mention more? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The Holy and True One, who carries the keys of David, who opens and no one can shut, who shuts and no one can open, speaks as follows:

But one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! See! The Lion who sprang from the tribe of Judah, who belongs to the line of David, has conquered, so that He can open the book and break its seven seals."

"I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear this testimony to you for the churches. I belong to the line and family of David; I am the bright morning star."