Luke 17:6
4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
7 Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
8 Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
- KJV
- And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
- WEB
- The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
- ASV
- And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
- DARBY
- But the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye had said to this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.
- BLB
- And the Lord said, “If you⁺ have faith as a grain of mustard, you⁺ would have said to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would have obeyed you⁺.
- ÅB
- Men Herren sa: Dersom dere hadde tro som et sennepskorn, da skulle dere si til dette morbærtre: Rykk deg opp med rot og plant deg i havet! og det skulle lyde dere.
- OTB
- Herren svarte: "Hvis dere har tro så liten som et sennepsfrø, kunne dere si til dette morbærtreet: 'Bli rykket opp med rot og plantet i havet,' og det ville adlyde dere.
- B1930
- Men Herren sa: Dersom I hadde tro som et sennepskorn, da skulde I si til dette morbærtre: Rykk dig op med rot og plant dig i havet! og det skulde lyde eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 17:20
“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Read in contextMark 9:23
“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
Read in contextMatthew 21:21
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
Read in contextMatthew 13:31–32
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
Read in contextLuke 13:19
It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Read in contextMark 11:22–23
“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.
Read in contextLuke 19:4
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
Read in context