Romans 11:17
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17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted among the others to share the rich root[a] of the olive tree,
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- 11.17 Other ancient authorities read the root and the richness
Ephesians 2:11-13
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One in Christ
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands(A)— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(B) 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.(C)
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- 2.11 Gk in the flesh
Jeremiah 11:16
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16 The Lord once called you, “A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit,” but with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.(A)
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Ephesians 3:6
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6 that is, the gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.(A)
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John 15:2
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2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes[a] to make it bear more fruit.
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- 15.2 The same Greek root refers to pruning and cleansing
Colossians 2:13
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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)
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Matthew 21:43
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43 “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces its fruits.(A)
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Psalm 52:8
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8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.(A)
Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”(A)
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Ezekiel 15:6-8
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6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.(A) 7 I will set my face against them; although they escape from the fire, the fire shall still consume them, and you shall know that I am the Lord when I set my face against them.(B) 8 And I will make the land desolate because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord God.(C)
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Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
For this is a people without understanding;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.(A)
Judges 9:8-9
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8 The trees once went out
to anoint a king over themselves.
So they said to the olive tree,
‘Reign over us.’
9 The olive tree answered them,
‘Shall I stop producing my rich oil
by which gods and mortals are honored
and go to sway over the trees?’
Matthew 8:11-12
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11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and will take their places at the banquet with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,(A) 12 while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(B)
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Revelation 11:4
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4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.(A)
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John 15:6
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6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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Zechariah 4:3
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3 And by it there are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”(A)
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Jonah 1:16
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16 Then the men feared the Lord even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.(A)
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Isaiah 6:13
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13 Even if a tenth part remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak
whose stump remains standing
when it is felled.”[a]
(The holy seed is its stump.)(A)
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- 6.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 80:11-16
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11 it sent out its branches to the sea
and its shoots to the River.
12 Why then have you broken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?(A)
13 The boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.(B)
14 Turn again, O God of hosts;
look down from heaven and see;
have regard for this vine,(C)
15 the stock that your right hand planted.[a]
16 It has been burned with fire; it has been cut down;
may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(D)
Deuteronomy 8:8
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8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey,
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Galatians 2:15
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Jews and Gentiles Are Saved by Faith
15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners,
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