Acts 13:22-24

Contemporary English Version

^22 (A) Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, “David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do.”

²³ God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and this one is Jesus. ^24 (B) But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.