Matthew 17:20
So Jesus said to them: “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed has, you (ye) will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”
21However, this class does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Cross References
Matthew 13:31He put another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
Matthew 14:30But seeing the strong wind he became afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out saying, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 17:17Then in answer Jesus said: “O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
Mark 4:31It is like a mustard seed, that when it is sown on the ground is the smallest of all such seeds,
Mark 11:23Because I tell you assuredly, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be picked up and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that the things he says will happen, he will have whatever he says.
Luke 17:6So the Lord said: “If you had faith like a mustard seed has, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:15-22
The Expulsion of a Demon. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 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. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil;… Read the whole commentary →