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Matthew 17:20 KJV
Matthew · chapter 17 · verse 20
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.Matthew 17:20 · King James Version
Matthew 17:20 in context
18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20And 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.
21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
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Key words (Strong's)
- unbeliefapistiaunfaithfulness, faithless, want of faith, unbelief, weakness of faithG570 →
- mountainorosa mountainG3735 →
- verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- grainkokkosa grainG2848 →
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We have here the miraculous cure of a child that was lunatic and vexed with a devil. Observe, I. A melancholy representation of the case of this child, made to Christ by the afflicted father. This was immediately upon his coming down from the mountain where he was transfigured.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21