Acts 3:17–26

¹⁷“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.^{ab 18}In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets—that his Messiah would suffer.^{ac 19}Therefore repent^ad and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,^{ae 20}that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send Jesus, who has been appointed^af for you as the Messiah. ²¹Heaven must receive him until the time of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through his holy prophets from the beginning.^{a 22}Moses said:^C The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. ²³And everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from the people.^Db

²⁴“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days. ²⁵You are the sons^E of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.^{Fc 26}God raised up his servant^G and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”^d