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Matthew tries to convince the Jews that Jesus Christ was the royal son of David. As Matthew continues to follow the line from David to Christ, Matthew traces the lineage through Jesus' earthly father, Joseph. During first century times, if a Jewish man adopted a son, that son receives the father's lineage. Therefore, according to Jewish tradition, Jesus would be given the genealogy of his adopted father.
Luke's gospel was written primarily for the Greeks or Gentiles. being written for the Greeks, would not be as interested in the royal lineage of Christ, rather his true earthly lineage. In Luke's account of the genealogy of Christ, he traces Christ's ancestry through his mother, Mary.
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