Acts 3:17–26

¹⁷“Now, fellow Israelites,^e I know that you acted in ignorance,^f as did your leaders.^{g 18}But this is how God fulfilled^h what he had foretoldⁱ through all the prophets,^j saying that his Messiah would suffer.^{k 19}Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,^l that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, ²⁰and that he may send the Messiah,^m who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. ²¹Heaven must receive himⁿ until the time comes for God to restore everything,^o as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.^{p 22}For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.^{q 23}Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’^ar

²⁴“Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets^s who have spoken have foretold these days. ²⁵And you are heirs^t of the prophets and of the covenant^u God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’^{bv 26}When God raised up^w his servant, he sent him first^x to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”