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Matthew 1:3-6   Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,  ⁴ Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,  ⁵ Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,  ⁶ and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,

The past two weeks, we’ve looked at Tamar and Uriah’s wife Bathsheba.  The fact that Matthew included both of these women tells a story about who Jesus is and what His mission is.  He is not ashamed to call these women part of their family.  It reveals part of who He is and why He has come – for the outsider, morally, socially, etc.  Both women were non-Israelites, moral outsiders, who were honored by God in the genealogy of Jesus.