And why am I favored thus, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him."

And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ,

More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

And the sons of Judah [were] Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).

A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and He is the expectation of nations.

And these [are] the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;

And Aminadab begot Nahshon; and Nahshon begot Salmon.

And Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David.

And there shall come forth a Rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root;

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth.

In his days both Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely. And this is his name, which the Lord shall call Him, Josedek among the prophets.

And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet out of you shall one come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.

Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.

Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,

Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa.

Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.

Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the captivity in Babylon.

Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.

Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD"),

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, that they might do for Him according to the custom of the law,

"Lord, now You are releasing Your servant in peace, according to Your word;

which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

And Joseph and His mother were marveling at the things being spoken about Him.

the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Aram, the [son] of Joram, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez, the [son] of Judah,

concerning His Son, who came of [the] seed of David according to the flesh,

But do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things yet doing them, that you will escape the judgment of God?

But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, to open the scroll and its seven seals."

I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and the Stock of David, the Bright and Morning Star."