³⁹ Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request.^(A) Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew.”

³² Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more.^(A) What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten,^(B) I will not destroy it.”

⁴³ “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you^(A) and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

¹² But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,^(A) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

¹³ I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,^(B) I take pride in my ministry ¹⁴ in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy^(C) and save^(D) some of them. ¹⁵ For if their rejection brought reconciliation^(E) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?^{(F) 16} If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits^(G) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ If some of the branches have been broken off,^(H) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others^(I) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, ¹⁸ do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.^{(J) 19} You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ²⁰ Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith.^(K) Do not be arrogant,^(L) but tremble.^{(M) 21} For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

²² Consider therefore the kindness^(N) and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue^(O) in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.^(P)

²⁸ “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation^(A) has been sent to the Gentiles,^(B) and they will listen!”

²¹ “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”^(A)

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first.^(A) Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.^(B)