10. Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent continually.
11. I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
12. Now if their stumbling brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full number bring!
13. Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
14. if I can somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.
15. For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
16. Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17. Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,