Romans 11:17

American Standard Version (1901)

But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;

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  • Eph 2:11-13 : 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
  • John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
  • Jer 11:16 : 16 Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
  • Ps 52:8 : 8 But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.
  • Eph 3:6 : 6 [ to wit], that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
  • Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
  • Judg 9:8-9 : 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
  • Matt 21:43 : 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
  • Gal 2:15 : 15 We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
  • Deut 8:8 : 8 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
  • Rev 11:4 : 4 These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.
  • Ps 80:11-16 : 11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. 12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? 13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. 14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, 15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
  • Ezek 15:6-8 : 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Jonah 1:16 : 16 Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
  • Zech 4:3 : 3 and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
  • Matt 8:11-12 : 11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
  • John 15:6 : 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

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    18glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

    19Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

    20Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

    21for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

    22Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

    23And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

    24For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?

    25For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

  • Rom 11:15-16
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    15For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?

    16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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    16Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

  • Rom 11:11-12
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    11I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

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  • Judg 9:9-11
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    9But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

    10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

    11But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

  • John 15:4-6
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

    6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

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    4he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

    5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.

    6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

    7There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

    8It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

    9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

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    21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

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    2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

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    1I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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    15And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

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    33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

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    22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:

  • Rom 11:5-7
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    5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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    28As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

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    9And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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    2Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

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    1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

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    10and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth; [and] the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

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    9and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well] ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

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    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

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    6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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    19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.