Romans 11:16

New International Reader's Version

The first handful of dough that is offered is holy. This makes all of the dough holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

I will make my covenant with you last forever. It will be between me and you and your family after you for all time to come. I will be your God. And I will be the God of all your family after you.

Exodus 22:29

“Do not keep for yourself your grain offerings or wine offerings. “You must give me the oldest of your sons.

Exodus 23:16

“Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your crops from your fields. “Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall when you gather in your crops from your fields.

Exodus 23:19

“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your wealth. Give him the first share of all your crops.

Jeremiah 2:21

You were like a good vine when I planted you. You were a healthy plant. Then how did you turn against me? How did you become a bad, wild vine?

Ezekiel 44:30

The best of every first share of the people’s crops will belong to the priests. So will all their special gifts. The people must give the priests the first share of their ground meal. Then I will bless my people’s families.

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, bring an offering to the Lord. Gather your crops. Bring the first bundle of grain to the priest.

Romans 11:17

Some of the natural branches have been broken off. You are a wild olive branch. But you have been joined to the tree with the other branches. Now you enjoy the life-giving sap of the olive tree root.

Romans 8:23

And that’s not all. We have the Holy Spirit as the promise of future blessing. But we also groan inside ourselves. We do this as we look forward to the time when God adopts us as full members of his family. Then he will give us everything he has for us. He will raise our bodies and give glory to them.

1 Corinthians 7:14

The unbelieving husband has been made holy through his wife. The unbelieving wife has been made holy through her believing husband. If that were not the case, your children would not be pure and “clean.” But as it is, they are holy.

Deuteronomy 18:4

You must give the priests the first share of the harvest of your grain, olive oil and fresh wine. You must also give them the first wool you clip from your sheep.

Deuteronomy 26:10

Now, Lord, I’m bringing you the first share of crops from the soil. After all, you have given them to me.” Place the basket in front of the Lord your God. Bow down to him.

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.

Revelation 14:4

They had not committed sexual sins with women. They had kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among human beings as a first offering to God and the Lamb.