²⁴ Indeed, all the prophets announced these days, starting with Sh’mu’el and continuing through all who followed.

²⁵ “You are the sons of the prophets; and you are included in the covenant which God made with our fathers when he said to Avraham, ‘By your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’^{[a] 26} So it is to you first that God has sent his servant whom he has raised up, so that he might bless you by turning each one of you from your evil ways.”