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?'

And he said to them, 'Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, 'The Son of David -- Jesus! deal kindly with me;'

and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, 'Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'

And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, 'How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?

for David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on My right hand, till I place thine enemies -- thy footstool;

therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,

to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name is Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin is Mary.

he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Booz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

and he cried out, saying, 'Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;'

and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, 'Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

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

Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ doth come?'

'Men, brethren, it behoved this Writing that it be fulfilled that beforehand the Holy Spirit spake through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus,

for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved;

'Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;

for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

After these things I will turn back, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and its ruins I will build again, and will set it upright --

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

again He doth limit a certain day, 'To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

'And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

and one of the elders saith to me, 'Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it;

'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!