Romans 11:16

Easy To Read Version

If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

And I will prepare an agreement between you and me. This agreement will also be for all your descendants. This agreement will continue forever. I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

Exodus 22:29

“At harvest time you should give me the first grain and the first juice from your fruit. Don’t wait until late in the year.

Exodus 23:16

“The second holiday will be the Festival of Pentecost. This holiday will be {during the early summer time} when you begin harvesting the crops you planted in your fields.

Exodus 23:19

“When you gather your crops at harvest time, you should bring the first of everything you harvest to the house [150] of the Lord your God.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your wealth. Give him the best you have.

Jeremiah 2:21

Judah, I planted you like a special vine.\par All of you were like good seed.\par How did you turn into a different vine that grows bad fruit?\par

Ezekiel 44:30

And the first part of the harvest from every kind of crop will be for the priests. You will also give the priests the first of your dough. This will bring blessings to your house.

Leviticus 23:10

“Tell the people of Israel: You will enter the land that I will give you. You will reap its harvest. At that time, you must bring in the first sheaf [399] of your harvest to the priest.

Romans 11:17

\{It is like\} some of the branches from an olive tree have been broken off, and the branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to that first tree. You non-Jews are the same as that wild branch, and you now share the strength and life of the first tree (the Jews).

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit {\cf2\super [67]} as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.

1 Corinthians 7:14

The husband who is not a believer is made holy through his \{believing\} wife. And the wife who is not a believer is made holy through her \{believing\} husband. If this were not true, then your children would not be clean. But now your children are holy.

Deuteronomy 18:4

You must give the priests the first part of your harvest. You must give them the first part of your grain, your new wine, and your oil. You must give the Levites [114] the first wool cut from your sheep.

Deuteronomy 26:10

Now, Lord, I bring you the first harvest from the land that you gave me.’

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.

Revelation 14:4

These 144,000 people are the ones who did not do wrong things with women. They kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These 144,000 were redeemed (saved) from among the people of the earth. They are the first people to be offered to God and the Lamb.