For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

But he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ is David’s son?

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David.

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand,

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”