Romans 11:14-16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁴ I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved. ¹⁵ When Israel rejected God,^[a] the rest of the people in the world were able to turn to him. So when God makes friends with Israel, it will be like bringing the dead back to life. ¹⁶ If part of a batch of dough is made holy by being offered to God, then all of the dough is holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, the rest of the tree is holy too.