Study it in the app“And the Lord said, “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”
The apostles ask: “Add faith to us!”Faith
Andδὲthe Lordὁ κύριοςsaid,εἶπεν“IfΕἰyou haveἔχετεfaithπίστινlikeὡςa grainκόκκονof mustard seed,σινάπεωςyou would sayἐλέγετε ἂνto thisτῇ ταύτῃmulberry tree,συκαμίνῳ‘Be uprootedἘκριζώθητιandκαὶbe plantedφυτεύθητιinἐνthe sea,’τῇ θαλάσσῃandκαὶit would obeyὑπήκουσεν ἂνyou.ὑμῖν
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appearstrust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistin” appearsgrain, seed
Grain, seed.
Where else “kokkon” appearsmustard
Mustard, a plant with a tiny seed that grows very large.
Where else “sinapeōs” appearsmulberry tree
Mulberry tree.
Where else “sykaminōi” appearsuproot
Uproot, pull out by the roots.
Where else “Ekrizōthēti” appearsplant
Plant.
Where else “phyteuthēti” appearssea
Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.
Where else “thalassēi” appearsobey
To listen and obey.
Where else “hypēkousen” appears5And the apostles said to the Lord, “Add faith to us!”
6 · This verse (above)
7“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, is there who will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?
1. What it says
Of the ten lepers who are cleansed, how many come back to give thanks, and what does Jesus say to him? (vv. 12-19)
2. What it means
Jesus points out that the one who returned was a Samaritan, a foreigner (vv. 16-18). What does that say about who recognizes what God has done?
3. How I live it
Jesus says to forgive a brother who changes his mind, even seven times a day (vv. 3-4). Whom do you need to forgive this week?
