Monday, 17 December

Matthew 1:1–17

An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the
son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac
the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah
the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and
Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the
father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of
Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of
Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David. And David was the father of Solomon
by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the
father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of
Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh
the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of
Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. And
after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel, and
Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and
Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the
father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan
the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of
whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. So all the generations from
Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to
Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the
Messiah, fourteen generations.

Reflection

·        
Jesus’ family tree is a
colorful one. What does my family tree look like?

·        
Who are those people have influenced
me for good or for ill?