Romans 11:24
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?
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- Rom 11:17-18 : 17 Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root, 18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
- Rom 11:30 : 30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
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- Rom 11:14-2310 verses89%
14if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.
15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
17Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root,
18do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19Then you will say,“The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
20Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
21For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.
22Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God– harshness toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23And even they– if they do not continue in their unbelief– will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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25For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- Rom 11:11-122 verses76%
11I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.
12Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?
- Rom 11:1-22 verses71%
1Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
2God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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16I, the LORD, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing.
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28In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.
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21I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?
- Rom 11:5-84 verses70%
5So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
6And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
8as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
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4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
5“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
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9But the olive tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’
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30Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
- Ezek 17:8-92 verses68%
8In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.
9“‘Say to them: This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
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9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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7The Inevitability of Death“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,
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10Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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33Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.
- Ezek 17:5-62 verses67%
5He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.
6It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.
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27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!
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5For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.
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15the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!
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2He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
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9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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6There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten– two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches,” says the LORD God of Israel.
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2“Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
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10For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.
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15The Justification of Jews and Gentiles We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
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13This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.
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11Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.
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6It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
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11But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
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24even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?