²⁵ You are ·descendants [children; sons] of the prophets. You have received the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] God made with your ·ancestors [^Lfathers; patriarchs]. He said to your father Abraham, ‘Through your ·descendants [heirs; ^Lseed] all the ·nations [or families] on the earth will be blessed [Gen. 22:18; 26:4].’ ²⁶ God has raised up his ·servant [or child] Jesus and sent him to you first [^Cthe Jews were to receive the blessing first, and through them God would bless all nations] to bless you by turning each of you away from ·doing evil [your wicked ways].”