A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

But when he thought about these things, suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Then he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

for he taught them with authority, and not like their scribes.

And as Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David."

But he said to them, "Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions;

And all the crowds were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"

And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

And just then a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely demonized."

And just then two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, shouted, "Lord, have mercy on us, son of David."

The crowd rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they shouted even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, son of David."

The crowds who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he who 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." they were indignant,

saying, "What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David."

He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

"If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"

And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And he went out again by the seaside. All the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

And he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry?he, and those who were with him?

And then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

Then the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he shouted all the louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

Blessed is the kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest."

He taught, saying to them, "Is not it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers."

Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'

David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.

to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. 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 father, David,

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Messiah, the Lord.

At that time there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

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

He taught in their synagogues, being praised by all.

He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

Jesus, answering them, said, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;

It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

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

He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

He said to them, "Why do they say that the Messiah is David's son?

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

"David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"

It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.

He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

Hasn't the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I say these things.

Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jewish people come together. I said nothing in secret.

"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

"Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

"Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was placed with his fathers, and saw decay.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

'After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David, which has fallen. I will rebuild its ruins. I will set it up,

Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the prominent women.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

One Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,

he again defines a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you remain in him.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens:

One of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."