Romans 11: 1- 2, 11- 12, 25- 29
| 11:1 | Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. |
| 11:2 | God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel? |
| 11:11 | Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them. |
| 11:12 | Now if their offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness? |
| 11:25 | For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived. |
| 11:26 | And in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob. |
| 11:27 | And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins.” |
| 11:28 | Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers. |
| 11:29 | For the gifts and the call of God are without regret. |
Mark 14: 1, 7- 11
| 14:1 | And it happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him. |
| 14:7 | Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: |
| 14:8 | “When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself may have been invited by him. |
| 14:9 | And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place. |
| 14:10 | But when you are invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, so that, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together with you. |
| 14:11 | For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.” |