Romans 11:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You Gentiles are like branches of a wild olive tree that were made to be part of a cultivated olive tree. You have taken the place of some branches that were cut away from it. And because of this, you enjoy the blessings that come from being part of that cultivated tree.

Cross References

Psalm 52:8

But I am like an olive tree growing in God's house, and I can count on his love for ever and ever.

Isaiah 27:11

When broken branches fall to the ground, women pick them up to feed the fire. But these people are so stupid that the God who created them will show them no mercy.

Isaiah 6:13

If only a tenth of the people are left, even they will be destroyed. But just as stumps remain after trees have been cut down, some of my chosen ones will be left.

Jeremiah 11:16

Once you were like an olive tree covered with fruit. But soon I will send a noisy mob to break off your branches and set you on fire.

Jonah 1:16

The sailors were so terrified that they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made all kinds of promises.

Zechariah 4:3

One olive tree is on the right side and another on the left of the oil container.

Matthew 21:43

I tell you that God's kingdom will be taken from you and given to people who will do what he demands.

John 15:1

Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

John 15:2

He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit.

John 15:6

If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burnt in a fire.

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live.”

Romans 11:24

After all, it wasn't natural for branches to be cut from a wild olive tree and to be made part of a cultivated olive tree. So it is much more likely that God will join the natural branches back to the cultivated olive tree.

Galatians 2:15

We are Jews by birth and are not sinners like Gentiles.

Ephesians 3:6

And the mystery is this: Because of Christ Jesus, the good news has given the Gentiles a share in the promises that God gave to the Jews. God has also let the Gentiles be part of the same body.

Deuteronomy 8:8

You can dig for copper in those hills, and the stones are made of iron ore. And you won't go hungry. Wheat and barley fields are everywhere, and so are vineyards and orchards full of fig, pomegranate, and olive trees, and there is plenty of honey.

Colossians 2:13

You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.

Revelation 11:4

These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand in the presence of the Lord who rules the earth.