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The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. Webster's Bible Translation And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
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(6) If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed. —The words...
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6 KJV - Luke 17:6 And the Lord answered, "If you have faith...
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6 NLT - Luke 17:6 And the Lord answered, "If you have faith...
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Luke 17:6. ESV And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. NIV He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
As a grain of mustard-seed - See the notes at Matthew 13:31-32. The mustard-seed was the smallest of all seeds. It has been supposed by some, therefore, that he meant to say, If you have the smallest or feeblest faith that is genuine, you can do all things. The mustard-seed produced the largest of all herbs.
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- A Mustard Seed Faith Prayer
- A Prayer to Increase Faith
The mustard seed would have been a common enough plant in that culture; they would be able to picture it without reference. Classified as an evergreen, the Salvadora perisicacan grow to twenty feet wide and tall. They can thrive in environments typically hostile to plants. Their seeds are very small, but they grow large. The mustard seed in Jesus’ ...
The mustard seed comparison appears several times in the Gospels, usually as a metaphor for the Kingdom of God. In this instance in Matthew 17, however, the Lord uses it to discuss faith with his disciples. A man had a son possessed by a demon that gave the child seizures, forcing him to often fall into water and fire. Jesus’ disciples tried and fa...
If Jesus is saying faith as small as a mustard seed is all it takes, then is that all that’s needed? Can one have just a little faith? Putting one’s faith in Jesus Christ is an important step. In the same chapter where Jesus tells the parable of the mustard seed, the people in his hometown reject Him, and lacked faith. The Bible says, “And [Jesus] ...
The importance of faith is as crucial today as it was when Christ walked the earth 2,000 years ago. Jesus gave a commission to His followers as He ascended into Heaven, a command to follow until He returns, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them ...
Father, thank You for loving us in spite of how messed up we are – for the grace of mustard seed faith and for the promise of answered prayer. Help us understand that every answer to our prayers is filtered from Your heart of love, even when it doesn’t look like what we think it should. Fill those pockets of unbelief in our prayer lives with mustar...
Dear Lord, Thank you that nothing is impossible in my life as I trust you in every area. Give me wisdom in all these difficult things facing me today. Give me the faith to be able to trust again, to forgive, to care, to love all those who have caused me pain. Give me the faith that I need to keep doing the right thing at work and at home. Give me t...
The Bible defines faith as a self-emptied, dependent assurance in God’s character and promises. The most famous biblical definition of faith is Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of ...
Jul 20, 2023 · Faith Of A Mustard Seed: Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary. 17:14-21 The case of afflicted children should be presented to God by faithful and fervent prayer. Christ cured the child. Though the people were perverse, and Christ was provoked, yet care was taken of the child. When all other helps and succours fail, we are welcome to Christ, may ...
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The assurance Christ gave them of the wonderful efficacy of true faith (Luke 17:6; Luke 17:6): "If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, so small as mustard-seed, but yours is yet less than the least; or so sharp as mustard-seed, so pungent, so exciting to all other graces, as mustard to the animal spirits," and therefore used in palsies, "you might do wonders much beyond what you now do ...
