Romans 11:16
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
In other versions
And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
ASV
And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
BBE
Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.
DBY
If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
WEB
and if the first-fruit `is' holy, the lump also; and if the root `is' holy, the branches also.
YLT
For if the first-fruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
ENG
For if the first fruit is holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
WBT
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
BSB
In context
14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.