12. Now if their transgression means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean?
13. For I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
14. if somehow I may make my kinsmen jealous and may 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 first portion of the dough is holy, the batch is also holy. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.