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title: "Matthew 1 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Matthew 1

Matthew 1 is chapter 1 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 25 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The genealogy of Christ: he is conceived and born of a virgin.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 1 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2. Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers.
3. And Judah conceived Perez and Zerah by Tamar. And Perez conceived Hezron. And Hezron conceived Ram.
4. And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon.
5. And Salmon conceived Boaz by Rahab. And Boaz conceived Obed by Ruth. And Obed conceived Jesse.
6. And Jesse conceived king David. And king David conceived Solomon, by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
7. And Solomon conceived Rehoboam. And Rehoboam conceived Abijah. And Abijah conceived Asa.
8. And Asa conceived Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat conceived Joram. And Joram conceived Uzziah.
9. And Uzziah conceived Jotham. And Jotham conceived Ahaz. And Ahaz conceived Hezekiah.
10. And Hezekiah conceived Manasseh. And Manasseh conceived Amos. And Amos conceived Josiah.
11. And Josiah conceived Jechoniah and his brothers in the transmigration of Babylon.
12. And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah conceived Shealtiel. And Shealtiel conceived Zerubbabel.
13. And Zerubbabel conceived Abiud. And Abiud conceived Eliakim. And Eliakim conceived Azor.
14. And Azor conceived Zadok. And Zadok conceived Achim. And Achim conceived Eliud.
15. And Eliud conceived Eleazar. And Eleazar conceived Matthan. And Matthan conceived Jacob.
16. And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17. And so, all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the transmigration of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the transmigration of Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
18. Now the procreation of the Christ occurred in this way. After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to have conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit.
19. Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly.
20. But while thinking over these things, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to accept Mary as your wife. For what has been formed in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21. And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.”
22. Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23. “Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, and she shall give birth to a son. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means: God is with us.”
24. Then Joseph, arising from sleep, did just as the Angel of the Lord had instructed him, and he accepted her as his wife.
25. And he knew her not, yet she bore her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.

## Matthew 1 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Liber generationis Jesu Christi filii David, filii Abraham.
2. Abraham genuit Isaac. Isaac autem genuit Jacob. Jacob autem genuit Judam, et fratres ejus.
3. Judas autem genuit Phares, et Zaram de Thamar. Phares autem genuit Esron. Esron autem genuit Aram.
4. Aram autem genuit Aminadab. Aminadab autem genuit Naasson. Naasson autem genuit Salmon.
5. Salmon autem genuit Booz de Rahab. Booz autem genuit Obed ex Ruth. Obed autem genuit Jesse. Jesse autem genuit David regem.
6. David autem rex genuit Salomonem ex ea quæ fuit Uriæ.
7. Salomon autem genuit Roboam. Roboam autem genuit Abiam. Abias autem genuit Asa.
8. Asa autem genuit Josophat. Josophat autem genuit Joram. Joram autem genuit Oziam.
9. Ozias autem genuit Joatham. Joatham autem genuit Achaz. Achaz autem genuit Ezechiam.
10. Ezechias autem genuit Manassen. Manasses autem genuit Amon. Amon autem genuit Josiam.
11. Josias autem genuit Jechoniam, et fratres ejus in transmigratione Babylonis.
12. Et post transmigrationem Babylonis: Jechonias genuit Salathiel. Salathiel autem genuit Zorobabel.
13. Zorobabel autem genuit Abiud. Abiud autem genuit Eliacim. Eliacim autem genuit Azor.
14. Azor autem genuit Sadoc. Sadoc autem genuit Achim. Achim autem genuit Eliud.
15. Eliud autem genuit Eleazar. Eleazar autem genuit Mathan. Mathan autem genuit Jacob.
16. Jacob autem genuit Joseph virum Mariæ, de qua natus est Jesus, qui vocatur Christus.
17. Omnes itaque generationes ab Abraham usque ad David, generationes quatuordecim: et a David usque ad transmigrationem Babylonis, generationes quatuordecim: et a transmigratione Babylonis usque ad Christum, generationes quatuordecim.
18. Christi autem generatio sic erat: cum esset desponsata mater ejus Maria Joseph, antequam convenirent inventa est in utero habens de Spiritu Sancto.
19. Joseph autem vir ejus cum esset justus, et nollet eam traducere, voluit occulte dimittere eam.
20. Hæc autem eo cogitante, ecce angelus Domini apparuit in somnis ei, dicens: Joseph, fili David, noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam: quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est.
21. Pariet autem filium: et vocabis nomen ejus Jesum: ipse enim salvum faciet populum suum a peccatis eorum.
22. Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimpleretur quod dictum est a Domino per prophetam dicentem:
23. Ecce virgo in utero habebit, et pariet filium: et vocabunt nomen ejus Emmanuel, quod est interpretatum Nobiscum Deus.
24. Exsurgens autem Joseph a somno, fecit sicut præcepit ei angelus Domini, et accepit conjugem suam.
25. Et non cognoscebat eam donec peperit filium suum primogenitum: et vocavit nomen ejus Jesum.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 333: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 437: Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 497: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 437: Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 333: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 486: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 430: Jesus ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1846: Mercy and Sin ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2666: The Way of Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1507: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2812: "Hallowed be Thy Name" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 486: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 16: “The husband of Mary” … The Evangelist gives us rather the pedigree of St. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Hebrews, who in their genealogies took no notice of women; but as they were near akin, the pedigree of the one sheweth that of the other.
- Verse 25: From these words Helvidius and other heretics most impiously inferred that the blessed Virgin Mary had other children besides Christ; but St. Jerome shews, by divers examples, that this expression of the Evangelist was a manner of speaking usual among the Hebrews, to denote by the word until, only what is done, without any regard to the future. Thus it is said, Genesis 8. 6 and 7, that Noe sent forth a raven, which went forth, and did not return till the waters were dried up on the earth. That is, did not return any more. Also Isaias 46. 4, God says: I am till you grow old. Who dare infer that God should then cease to be: Also in the first book of Machabees 5. 54, And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, and offered holocausts, because not one of them was slain till they had returned in peace. That is, not one was slain before or after they had returned. God saith to his divine Son: Sit on my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool. Shall he sit no longer after his enemies are subdued? Yea and for all eternity. St. Jerome also proves by Scripture examples, that an only begotten son, was also called firstborn, or first begotten: because according to the law, the firstborn males were to be consecrated to God; Sanctify unto me, saith the Lord, every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, etc. Ex. 13. 2.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Thu, Dec 17, 2026: Thursday of the Third Week of Advent — Gospel, Matthew 1:1-17
- Fri, Dec 18, 2026: Friday of the Third Week of Advent — Gospel, Matthew 1:18-25
- Fri, Mar 19, 2027: St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Gospel, Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
- Wed, Sep 8, 2027 (computed): Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Gospel, Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23

6 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).