Romans 9:31-33

Complete Jewish Bible

³¹ However, Isra’el, even though they kept pursuing a Torah that offers righteousness, did not reach what the Torah offers. ³² Why? Because they did not pursue righteousness as being grounded in trusting but as if it were grounded in doing legalistic works. They stumbled over the stone that makes people stumble.^{[a] 33} As the Tanakh puts it,