Romans 11:13-24

13But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Insofar as I am an emissary to the Gentiles, I spotlight my ministry

14if somehow I might provoke to jealousy my own flesh and blood and save some of them.

15For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

16If the firstfruit is holy, so is the whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17But if some of the branches were broken off and you—being a wild olive—were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root of the olive tree with its richness,

18do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, it is not you who support the root but the root supports you.

19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

20True enough. They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear—

21for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.

22Notice then the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell; but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off!

23And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.

24For if you were cut out of that which by nature is a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?