²⁴ He answered, ^(A)“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

^25 (A)You are the sons of the prophets and of ^(B)the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ^(C)‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ ^26 (D)God, ^(E)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, ^(F)to bless you ^(G)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God ^(A)be spoken first to you. ^(B)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves ^(C)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we ^(D)are turning to the Gentiles.