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  • Luke 3:31
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 31 son of Meʹle·a,

      son of Menʹna,

      son of Matʹta·tha,

      son of Nathan,+

      son of David,+

  • Luke 3:31
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 31 τοῦ of the Μελεά Melea τοῦ of the Μεννά Menna τοῦ of the Ματταθά Mattatha τοῦ of the Ναθάμ Nathan τοῦ of the Δαυείδ David

  • Luke 3:31
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 31 [son] of Meʹle·a,

      [son] of Menʹna,

      [son] of Matʹta·tha,

      [son] of Nathan,+

      [son] of David,+

  • Luke 3:31
    The Bible in Living English
    • 31 the son of Maleah the son of Menna the son of Mattatha the son of Nathan the son of David

  • Luke 3:31
    American Standard Version
    • 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

  • Luke 3:31
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 31 of Melea, of Menna, of Mattatha,—of Natham, of David:

  • Luke 3:31
    King James Version
    • 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 3:31 it-1 916; it-2 353

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 3:31 w74 105-106; ad 640

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 3:31

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 916

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 353-354

      The Watchtower,

      2/15/1974, pp. 105-106

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 3:31

      Nathan: The son of David by Bath-sheba from whom Mary descended. (2Sa 5:13, 14; 1Ch 3:5) In the Christian Greek Scriptures, he is mentioned only here. Luke’s genealogy of Jesus differs from Matthew’s, but the difference in nearly all the names in Luke’s account can be resolved when realizing that Luke traced the line through David’s son Nathan, whereas Matthew traced the line through David’s son Solomon. (Mt 1:6, 7) Luke apparently follows the ancestry of Mary, thus showing Jesus’ natural descent from David, while Matthew shows Jesus’ legal right to the throne of David by descent from Solomon through Joseph, who was legally Jesus’ father. Both Matthew and Luke indicate that Joseph was Jesus’ adoptive father.​—See study notes on Mt 1:1, 16; Lu 3:23.

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