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You are aware the genealogy in Matthew is for Joseph and the genealogy in Luke is for Mary. Heli was the father of Mary.

Luke 3:23
23And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

Matthew is the Gospel to the Jews speaking of His royalty by legal adoption by Joseph through Solomon to David; Luke is the Gospel to the Greeks speaking of his humanity by Mary through Nathan to David.

One other interesting note for you is that speaking of Jeconiah in:
Jer 22:30
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

God pronounces a blood curse on the line from David to Joseph through Solomon (the royal line). Jesus circumvented this curse by being in the line of David by blood through David’s son Nathan, but Jesus was still of the royal line by adoption through Joseph, sans the blood curse.

Thank you!

"Blood curses?!" wow... maybe I'm not giving this whole christianity thing its just due.

Did this blood curse in the royal line continue all the way through the famous hemophiliacs of British royalty?

Do loving gods often place blood curses on innoncent unborn lineages?

Ever curious...

Joachim was Mary's father, and Anne was her mother.

St. Anne, the spouse of Joachim, was the Mother of Our Lady and the grandmother of Our Lord. The devotion to St. Anne has increased very much in the whole Church. She is much venerated as the Patron of Brittany.

I am sorry I got to disagree because they don't mention Mary and they both end up at Joseph. Unless Joseph and Mary were Half brother and sister (which besides with Abraham is a big no-no) the bible goofed.

Matthew 1:16
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Luke 3:23
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.

Actually according to Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,

Why is Jesus called Jesus instead of Emmanuel?