Matthew 17:20
New Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
ἀπιστία
apistía
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֵמוּן
ʼêmûwn
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
צְרוֹר
tsᵉrôwr
a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
אָבִיב
ʼâbîyb
green, i.e. a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan
כֹּה
kôh
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
ἀδύνατος
adýnatos
unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
Key Terms in This Verse
כֹּה kôh
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
Study H3541 →צְרוֹר tsᵉrôwr
a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)
Study H6872 →ἀδύνατος adýnatos
unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impossible
Study G102 →ἀπιστία apistía
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
Study G570 →אָבִיב ʼâbîyb
green, i.e. a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan
Study H24 →Cross References
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.
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...
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
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...
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
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.
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:
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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:
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
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.
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
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