Romans 15:10-12

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¹⁰It says also in the Bible:

‘Be very happy, you Gentiles!
Praise God together with his people.’^[a]

¹¹It also says this:

‘Say how great the Lord is, all you Gentiles.
All people, from every country, should say how great he is.’^[b]

¹²God's prophet Isaiah says this:

‘The root of Jesse will arrive.
He will come to rule the Gentiles.
The Gentiles will trust him to save them.’^[c]

15:10 See Deuteronomy 32:43.
15:11 See Psalms 117:1.
15:12 See Isaiah 11:10. Jesse was King David's father. See 1 Samuel 16:1. Jesus was born many years after Jesse and David lived on the earth. The ‘root of Jesse’ means that Jesus belonged to Jesse and David's family. See Matthew 1:1-16. But it means also that Jesse and David come from Jesus. Jesus caused them to be alive, as a plant grows up from its root. Jesus is God. He has always been alive in God's home beyond the earth. He made everything and everyone.

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