Romans 11:28

New Century Version

The Jews refuse to accept the Good News, so they are God’s enemies. This has happened to help you who are not Jews. But the Jews are still God’s chosen people, and he loves them very much because of the promises he made to their ancestors.

Cross References

Genesis 26:4

I will give you many descendants, as hard to count as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. They will spread west and east, north and south, and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Jeremiah 31:3

And from far away the Lord appeared to his people and said, “I love you people with a love that will last forever. That is why I have continued showing you kindness.

Micah 7:20

You will be true to the people of Jacob, and you will be kind to the people of Abraham as you promised to our ancestors long ago.

Matthew 21:43

“So I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to people who do the things God wants in his kingdom.

Luke 1:54

He has helped his servant, the people of Israel, remembering to show them mercy

Acts 14:2

But some people who did not believe excited the others and turned them against the believers.

Acts 18:6

But they would not accept Paul’s teaching and said some evil things. So he shook off the dust from his clothes and said to them, “If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do! After this, I will go to other nations.”

Romans 11:11

So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their failure brought salvation to those who are not Jews, in order to make the Jews jealous.

Romans 11:30

At one time you refused to obey God. But now you have received mercy, because those people refused to obey.

Romans 11:7

So this is what has happened: Although the Israelites tried to be right with God, they did not succeed, but the ones God chose did become right with him. The others were made stubborn and refused to listen to God.

Romans 5:10

While we were God’s enemies, he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Surely, now that we are his friends, he will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 9:5

They are the descendants of our great ancestors, and they are the earthly family into which Christ was born, who is God over all. Praise him forever! Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:15

But the Lord cared for and loved your ancestors, and he chose you, their descendants, over all the other nations, just as it is today.

Deuteronomy 4:31

because the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you. He will not forget the Agreement with your ancestors, which he swore to them.

Deuteronomy 8:18

but remember the Lord your God! It is he who gives you the power to become rich, keeping the agreement he promised to your ancestors, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take the land, not because you are good and honest, but because these nations are evil. That is why the Lord your God will force them out ahead of you, to keep his promise to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.