8. just as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day.”
9. And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, and a cause for stumbling and a retribution to them;
10. let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and cause their backs to bend continually.”
11. I say then, they did not stumble so that they fell, did they? May it never be! But by their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
12. And if their trespass means riches for the world and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean?
13. Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,
14. if somehow I may provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.
15. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean except life from the dead?
16. Now if the first fruits are holy, so also is the whole batch of dough, and if the root is holy, so also are the branches.
17. Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although you were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree’s richness,
18. do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against them, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19. Then you will say, “Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in.”
20. Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant thoughts, but be afraid.
21. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22. See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity upon those who have fallen, but upon you the kindness of God—if you continue in his kindness, for otherwise you also will be cut off.