Mark 13:20
And, had not the Lord put a limit to those days, not a single soul would escape; but, for the sake of God's own chosen People, he did limit them.
Matthew 24:22
And had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of 'God's People' a limit will be put to them.
Romans 11:5-7
And so in our own time, too, there is to be found a remnant of our nation selected by God in love.
Romans 11:23-24
And they, too, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God has it in his power to graft them in again.
Romans 11:28-32
From the stand-point of the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies on your account; but from the stand-point of God's selection, they are dear to him on account of the Patriarchs.