Original: The line can be traced as : Boaz , father of Obed Obed , father of Jesse Jesse , father of David David , ancestor of Joseph ... ... ... Joseph , husband of Mary , mother of Jesus The genealogy of Jesus that we find at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew is a male lineage .
Simplified: She would bear him a son named Obed , who was the father of Jesse , who was the father of David , who was , according only to the New Testament , the ancestor of Jesus .