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Matthew 17:20

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

KJV

ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτοῖς· διὰ τὴν ὀλιγοπιστίαν ὑμῶν· ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ· μετάβα ἔνθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν.

Greek NT

Hoc autem genus non ejicitur nisi per orationem et jejunium.

Vulgate

And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

ASV

But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κόκκος
kokkos
noun · 7×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μεταβαίνω
metabaino
verb · 12×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
σίναπι
sinapi
noun · 5×
ἀδυνατέω
adunateo
verb · 2×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
ἐνθάδε
enthade
adverb · 10×
ἐρέω
ereo
verb · 96×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὀλιγόπιστος
oligopistos
noun · 6×
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: λέγει | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγει | RP: Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν
  • λέγειSBLGNT
  • λέγειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Ἰησοῦς εἶπενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὀλιγοπιστίαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὀλιγοπιστίαν | RP: ἀπιστίαν
  • ὀλιγοπιστίανSBLGNT
  • ὀλιγοπιστίανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπιστίανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Μετάβα ἔνθεν | WH/Treg/NIV: Μετάβα ἔνθεν | RP: Μετάβηθι ἔντεῦθεν
  • Μετάβα ἔνθενSBLGNT
  • Μετάβα ἔνθενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Μετάβηθι ἔντεῦθενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ὑμῖν | WH/NIV: ὑμῖν | Treg/RP: + 21 Τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ ἐκπορεύεται εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ.
  • ὑμῖνSBLGNT
  • ὑμῖνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + 21 Τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ ἐκπορεύεται εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ.Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. A great good is philosophy; the philosophy, I mean, which is with us. For what the heathen have is words and fables only; nor have these fables anything truly wise in them; since everything among those men is done for the sake of reputation. A great good then is true wisdom, and even here returns to us a recompense. For he that despises wealth, from this at once reaps advant…
2. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant; calling the signs spiritual, because they are the works of the Spirit alone, human effort contributing nothing to the working such wonders. And intending to discourse concerning them, first, as I said, he lays down the difference between soothsaying and prophecy, thus saying, You know that when you were…
2. And God has set some in the Church: first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, various kinds of tongues. Thus what I spoke of before, this also he now does. Because they thought highly of themselves in respect of the tongues he sets it last every where. For the terms, first and secondly, are not used by him…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…
83. Such are the words of Antony, and we ought not to doubt whether such marvels were wrought by the hand of a man. For it is the promise of the Saviour, when He says, 'If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, remove hence and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you Matthew 17:20.' And again, 'Verily, verily, I say unto you…
Faith is twofold: dogmatic faith is the soul's assent to revealed truth, while living faith is the confident trust that works through love. Even the mustard seed of faith can move mountains, but faith must be grounded in sound doctrine. Cyril warns against heretics who misuse the name of faith while corrupting its content, and exhorts candidates to hold fast to the Creed as the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 12:9 — To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
  • 1Cor 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
  • 1Cor 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
  • Heb 3:19 — So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
  • Jas 5:15 — And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
  • John 11:40 — Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
  • Josh 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o
  • Judg 16:20 — And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from h
  • Luke 1:37 — For with God nothing shall be impossible.
  • Luke 8:25 — And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
  • Luke 12:28 — If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
  • Luke 17:6 — 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.
  • Luke 17:6 — 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.
  • Luke 18:27 — And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
  • Mark 4:31 — It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
  • Mark 5:36 — As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
  • Mark 9:23 — Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
  • Mark 9:23 — Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
  • Mark 9:29 — And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
  • Mark 11:23 — For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he s
  • Mark 11:23 — For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he s
  • Mark 16:14 — Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
  • Matt 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  • Matt 8:13 — And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
  • Matt 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
  • Matt 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
  • Matt 14:30 — But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
  • Matt 14:31 — And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
  • Matt 17:17 — Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  • Matt 21:21 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
  • Matt 21:21 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou