8. as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not seeand ears that would not hear,down to this very day.”
9. And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10. let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,and bend their backs forever.”
11. So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
12. Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
13. Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
14. in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
15. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
16. If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
18. do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.