Mat 1:17-18 | ESV | STEP | So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations , and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations , and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations .

a ch. 2:4; 11:2; 16:16; 22:42; 23:10; Mark 8:29; Luke 3:15; [John 1:41; 4:25]

b ver. 1; Mark 1:1; John 1:17; 17:3; [ver. 16]

Matthew 1:17-18

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to ^athe Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

18 Now the birth of ^bJesus Christ ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Christ} took place in this way. ^dWhen his mother Mary had been betrothed ^{▼▼That is, legally pledged to be married} to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child ^ffrom the Holy Spirit.