Romans 11:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ I hope somehow to stir up my own people to want what you have. Perhaps I can save some of them. ¹⁵ When they were not accepted, it became possible for the whole world to be brought back to God. So what will happen when they are accepted? It will be like life from the dead. ¹⁶ The first handful of dough that is offered is holy. This makes all of the dough holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.