clarification in the translation.
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                        ST Matthew
              Chapter 1                              10 And Ezekias begat Manasses;
                                                   and Manasses begat Amon; and
Christ is born of Mary—She conceives               Amon begat Josias;
by the power of the Holy Ghost—Our                   11 And Josias begat Jechonias and
Lord is named Jesus.                               his brethren, about the time they


T      he book of the generation of
       Jesus Christ, the son of aDavid,
       the son of Abraham.
  2 aAbraham begat Isaac; and Isaac
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat bJudas
                                                   were carried away to a Babylon:
                                                     12 And after they were brought to
                                                   Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;
                                                   and Salathiel begat a Zorobabel;
                                                     13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and
and his brethren;                                  Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim
  3 And Judas begat a Phares and                   begat Azor;
b
  Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat                   14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sa­
c
  Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;                     doc begat Achim; and Achim begat
  4 And Aram begat Aminadab;                       Eliud;
and Aminadab begat Naasson; and                      15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and
a
  Naasson begat Salmon;                            Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan
  5 And Salmon begat a Booz of                     begat Jacob;
Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of                       16 And Jacob begat a Joseph the
Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;                        husband of b Mary, of whom was
  6 And Jesse begat David the king;                born cJesus, d who is called e Christ.
and David the king begat a Solomon                   17 So all the generations from
of her that had been the wife of Urias;            Abraham to David are fourteen
  7 And Solomon begat Roboam;                      generations; and from David un­
and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia                    til the carrying away into Babylon
begat Asa;                                         are fourteen generations; and from
  8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and                    the carrying away into Babylon
Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram                    unto Christ are fourteen a genera­
begat Ozias;                                       tions.
  9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and                     18 ¶ a Now the b birth of Jesus
Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz                     Christ was c on this wise: When as
begat Ezekias;                                     his mother Mary was espoused to
Title: jst entitles this book      6 a 2 Sam. 12:24 (24–25);            who is called Christ.
       “The Testimony of               1 Chr. 3:5.                		e The Greek title “Christ”
       St. Matthew.”              11 a tg Israel, Bondage of,           and the Hebrew
1 1 a tg Jesus Christ, Davidic         in Other Lands.                  title “Messiah” are
       Descent of.                12 a 1 Chr. 3:19 (17–19);             synonymous, meaning
  2 a Gen. 25:19.                      Ezra 2:2 (1–2);                  “Anointed One.”
		b tg Israel, Judah,                  Hag. 1:1.                   17 a tg Book of
       People of.                 16 a Luke 3:23 (23–38).               Remembrance.
  3 a Ruth 4:18;                 		b 1 Ne. 11:18 (14–21);          18 a jst Matt. 2:1 Now,
       1 Chr. 2:4 (4–15).              Mosiah 3:8.                      as it is written, the
		b Gen. 38:30.                  		c Luke 20:14;                        birth of . . .
		c 1 Chr. 2:9.                        D&C 93:14 (3–17).          		b D&C 20:1.
  4 a Num. 1:7.                  		d jst Matt. 1:4 . . . as the   		c gr in this way.
  5 a Ruth 4:21.                       prophets have written,
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Joseph, before they came together,                  Bethlehem—Jesus is taken to Naza-
she was found with child of the                     reth to dwell.
Holy Ghost.                                         Now when Jesus was a born in Beth-
  19 Then Joseph her husband, be-                   lehem of Judæa in the days of Herod
ing a just man, and not willing to                  the king, behold, there came wise
make her a publick a example, b was
minded to c put her away privily.                   men from the east to Jerusalem,
                                                      2 Saying, a Where is he that is born
  20 But while he thought on these                  b
                                                      King of the Jews? for we have seen
things, behold, the angel of the Lord               his c star in the east, and are come
appeared unto him in a a dream,
                                                    to d worship him.
saying, Joseph, thou son of b David,
fear not to take unto thee Mary thy                   3 When Herod the king had heard
wife: for that which is conceived in                these things, he was troubled, and all
her is of the c Holy Ghost.                         Jerusalem with him.
  21 And she shall bring forth a                      4 aAnd when he had gathered all
son, and thou shalt call his a name                 the chief priests and scribes of the
b
  Jesus: for he shall c save his people             people together, he b demanded of
from their sins.                                    them where Christ should be born.
  22 Now all this was done, that it                   5 And they said unto him, In Beth-
might be fulfilled which was spoken                 lehem of Judæa: for thus it is writ-
of the Lord by the prophet, saying,                 ten by the prophet,
  23 a Behold, a b virgin shall be with               6 And thou aBethlehem, in the land
child, and shall bring forth a son,                 of b Juda, art not the least among
and they shall call his c name d Em-                the princes of Juda: for out of thee
manuel, which being interpreted                     shall come a c Governor, that shall
