Luke 17:5–6
The apostles ask: “Add faith to us!”
Study it word by word5And the apostles said to the Lord, “Add faith to us!”
6And 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.
In its context
3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he changes his mind, forgive him.
4And if seven times a day he sins against you and seven times turns back to you, saying, ‘I change my mind,’ you will forgive him.”
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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’?
8Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare what I may have for supper, and tie up your robe and serve me while I eat and drink, and after that you will eat and drink’?
Its words in the original
- εἶπανeipan· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἀπόστολοιapostoloi· apostle, one sent
Apostle: "one sent", a messenger with a mission. This was the name given to the Twelve whom Jesus chose.
- κυρίῳkyriōi· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ΠρόσθεςProsthes· add
Add, add to; do again.
- πίστινpistin· faith
Faith: firm trust in God; also faithfulness.
- ἔχετεechete· have
Have, possess, hold.
- κόκκονkokkon· grain, seed
Grain, seed.
- σινάπεωςsinapeōs· mustard
Mustard, a plant with a tiny seed that grows very large.
- συκαμίνῳsykaminōi· mulberry tree
Mulberry tree.
- ἘκριζώθητιEkrizōthēti· uproot
Uproot, pull out by the roots.
- φυτεύθητιphyteuthēti· plant
Plant.
- θαλάσσῃthalassēi· sea
Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.
- ὑπήκουσενhypēkousen· obey
Obey; also listen, answer a knock at the door.