22. After God took Saul away, God made David their king. This is what God said about David: ‘David, the son of Jesse, is the kind of person who does what pleases me. He will do everything I want him to do.’
23. “As he promised, God has brought one of David’s descendants to Israel to be their Savior. That descendant is Jesus.
24. Before he came, John told all the people of Israel what they should do. He told them to be baptized to show they wanted to change their lives.
25. When John was finishing his work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the Messiah. He is coming later, and I am not worthy to be the slave who unties his sandals.’
26. “My brothers, sons in the family of Abraham, and you other people who also worship the true God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.