Romans 11:17–24

¹⁷Now if some of the branches were broken off,^o and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them^p and have come to share in the rich root^I of the cultivated olive tree, ¹⁸do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.^{q 19}Then you will say,^r “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith.^s Do not be arrogant, but beware,^{Jt 21}because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. ²²Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness^u toward you—if you remain in his kindness.^v Otherwise you too will be cut off.^{w 23}And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief,^x will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again. ²⁴For if you were cut off from your native wild olive tree and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree?