11 translations · Greek
Matthew 17:20
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:20 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “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.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And Jesus said to them, “Through your want of faith; for truly I say to you, if you may have faith as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say to you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Matthew 17:19 in this edition
- Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | Ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| λέγει | legei | He answered | G3004 λέγω to say |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| Διὰ | Dia | Because | G1223 διά through/because of |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὀλιγοπιστίαν | oligopistian | [have] so little faith | G3640 ὀλιγόπιστος of little faith |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἀμὴν | amēn | truly | G281 ἀμήν amen |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| λέγω | legō | I tell | G3004 λέγω to say |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 ἐάν if |
| ἔχητε | echēte | you have | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| πίστιν | pistin | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| ὡς | hōs | the size of | G5613 ὡς as/when |
| κόκκον | kokkon | seed | G2848 κόκκος seed |
| σινάπεως | sinapeōs | a mustard | G4615 σίναπι mustard |
| ἐρεῖτε | ereite | you can say | G2046 ἐρῶ to say |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὄρει | orei | mountain | G3735 ὄρος mountain |
| τούτῳ | toutō | to this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| Μετάβα | Metaba | Move | G3327 μεταβαίνω to depart |
| ἔνθεν | enthen | from here | G1759 ἐνθάδε in/to this place |
| ἐκεῖ | ekei | to there | G1563 ἐκεῖ there |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| μεταβήσεται | metabēsetai | it will move | G3327 μεταβαίνω to depart |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| οὐδὲν | ouden | Nothing | G3762 οὐδείς none |
| ἀδυνατήσει | adynatēsei | will be impossible | G101 ἀδυνατέω be impossible |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | for you | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Luke 17:6
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.
- Mark 11:23
For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
- Luke 1:37
For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
- Luke 18:27
But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
- Matthew 21:21
Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
- Mark 9:23
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
- Matthew 13:31
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
- John 11:40
Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
- Mark 4:31
It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
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In context
18 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
20 He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
21 But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
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Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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