Matthew 17:20
Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
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In Context
19Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
21But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Cross References
Matthew 13:31He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 14:30But when he saw the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 17:17Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
Mark 4:31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth.
Mark 11:23For truly I say to you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says is going to happen, whatever he says will be granted to him.
Luke 17:6The 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.
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 →