21 Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22 When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
23 From this man's seed, God has brought salvation{TR, NU read 'a Savior, Jesus' instead of 'salvation'} to Israel according to his promise,
24 before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.{TR, NU read 'to all the people of Israel' instead of 'to Israel'}
25 As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
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