Isaiah 7:1-14

7  1 In the days of Ahaz (Jotham’s son and grandson of Judah’s King Uzziah), Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah (Remaliah’s son) came up to attack Jerusalem, but they couldn’t overpower it.

2 When the house of David was told that Aram had become allies with Ephraim, their hearts and the hearts of their people shook as the trees of a forest shake when there is a wind. 3 But the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the channel of the Upper Pool, by the road to the field where laundry is washed, 4 and say to him, ‘Be careful and stay calm. Don’t fear, and don’t lose heart over these two pieces of smoking torches, over the burning anger of Rezin, Aram, and Remaliah’s son. 5 Aram has planned evil against you with Ephraim and Remaliah’s son, saying, 6 “Let’s march up against Judah, tear it apart, capture it for ourselves, and install Tabeel’s son as its king.” 7 But the Lord God says: It won’t happen; it won’t take place. 8 The chief of Aram is Damascus; the chief of Damascus is Rezin (in sixty-five more years Ephraim will be shattered as a nation); 9 the chief of Ephraim is Samaria; and the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you don’t believe this, you can’t be trusted.’”

10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask a sign from the Lord your God. Make it as deep as the grave or as high as heaven.”

12 But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask; I won’t test the Lord.”

13 Then Isaiah said, “Listen, house of David! Isn’t it enough for you to be tiresome for people that you are also tiresome before my God? 14 Therefore, the Lord will give you a sign. The young woman is pregnant and is about to give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel.

Matthew 1:1-25

1  1 A record of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac.  Isaac was the father of Jacob.  Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.  Perez was the father of Hezron.  Hezron was the father of Aram.

4 Aram was the father of Amminadab.  Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.  Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

5 Salmon was the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab.  Boaz was the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth.  Obed was the father of Jesse.

6 Jesse was the father of David the king.  David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.

7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.  Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.  Abijah was the father of Asaph.

8 Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat.  Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram.  Joram was the father of Uzziah.

9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham.  Jotham was the father of Ahaz.  Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.  Manasseh was the father of Amos.  Amos was the father of Josiah.

11 Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers.  This was at the time of the exile to Babylon.

12 After the exile to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel.  Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.  Abiud was the father of Eliakim.  Eliakim was the father of Azor.

14 Azor was the father of Zadok.  Zadok was the father of Achim.  Achim was the father of Eliud.

15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar.  Eleazar was the father of Matthan.  Matthan was the father of Jacob.

16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary—of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Christ.

17 So there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen generations from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen generations from the exile to Babylon to the Christ.

18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn’t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly. 20 As he was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 Now all of this took place so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:

23 Look! A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son,
And they will call him, Emmanuel.

(Emmanuel means “God with us.”)

24 When Joseph woke up, he did just as an angel from God commanded and took Mary as his wife. 25 But he didn’t have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. Joseph called him Jesus.