Jesus’ Family
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 tthe Christ fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17 ESV). Our reading today comes from the opening words of Matthew’ Gospel. It presents us with a list of names in the family line of Jesus. It begins with Abraham and takes us through the lineage of Joseph, the earthly father…