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FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

There are 27 books in all in the New Testament. The first book is Matthew. The first three words in the first verse of the first chapter of Matthew (Matthew 1:1) are: "The book of..." The complete verse of Matthew 1:1 in the King James Version of the New Testament reads "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."

Matthew 1:1 in the New International Version reads: "A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham."

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