Luke 17:5

Luke 17:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
• New International Version (NIV)The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Context of Luke 17:5

3Be careful how you live. If your Christian brother does something wrong, speak to him. Tell him that he has done a bad thing. He may say, “I am sorry for what I did. I will not do it again.” If he says that, you must forgive him. 4Your brother may do a bad thing to you seven times in one day. He may turn to you each time and say, “I am sorry for what I did. I will not do it again.” If he does that, you must forgive him every time.’ The apostles said to the Lord Jesus, ‘Help us to believe more and more in God.’ 6The Lord replied, ‘You may believe in God only a very little bit, like a very small seed. Even if you only believe that little bit, you could say to this tree, “Pull yourself out of the ground and plant yourself in the sea.” Then the tree would obey you. 7Think about this. You may have a servant that is ploughing your land. Or you may have a servant that is taking care of your sheep. When he comes in from his work in the evening, you would not say to him, “Sit down and eat.”

Luke 17:5 word by word

Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῷ κυρίῳ· πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the apostlesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the apostlesἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• Increaseπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102

Cross-references for Luke 17:5

• Mark 9:24Immediately, the boy's father shouted, ‘Oh! I believe! Help me to believe more!’
• 2 Corinthians 12:8I asked the Lord three times to take this pain away from me.
• Philippians 4:13I can do all these things because Christ makes me strong.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3Our Christian friends, we ought always to thank God because of you. It is right that we do this, because you are learning to trust Christ more and more. All of you are also loving each other more and more.
• Hebrews 12:2As we run, we must always look towards Jesus. He is the one who trusted God completely. Our faith starts with him, and he will help us to trust God all the way to the end. Jesus accepted punishment on the cross. He chose to receive much pain. He did not think about being ashamed to die like that. He knew that God had prepared something very good for him that would make him happy. Now he has sat down at the right side of God to rule with him in heaven.
• 1 Peter 1:22You have obeyed God's true message. As a result, you have become clean inside, and now you can really love other believers. So continue to love each other very well, with honest thoughts.

Commentaries on Luke 17:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Increase our faith - This work of pardoning every offense of every man, and that continually, seemed so difficult, even to the disciples themselves, that they saw, without an extraordinary degree of faith, they should never be able to keep this command. But some think that this and what follows relate to what Matthew has mentioned. Matthew 17:19, Matthew 17:20.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Increase our faith - This duty of forgiving offences seemed so difficult to the disciples that they strongly felt the need of an increase of faith. They felt that they were prone themselves to harbor resentments, and that it required an additional increase of true religion to enable them to comply with the requirements of Jesus. We may learn from this: 1.That Jesus has “the power” of increasing the faith of his people. Strength comes from him, and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Lord--(See on Lu 10:1). increase our faith--moved by the difficulty of avoiding and forgiving "offenses." This is the only instance in which a spiritual operation upon their souls was solicited of Christ by the Twelve; but a kindred and higher prayer had been offered before, by one with far fewer opportunities. (See on Mr 9:24.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 17:5

• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
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Commentaries on Luke 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings