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 # do not boast over the branches
 
-Here "the branches" is a metaphor that stands for the Jewish people. Alternate translation: "do not say you are better than the Jewish people God has rejected" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"do not say you are better than the Jewish people God has rejected" 
 
 # it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you
 
-Again Paul implies that the Gentile believers are branches. God saves them only because of the covenant promises that he made to the Jews. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Paul implies that the Gentile believers are branches. God saves them only because of the covenant promises that he made to the Jews.