Luke 17:6

Luke 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Context of Luke 17:6

4And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” 5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you. 7“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat’? 8But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

Luke 17:6 word by word

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος· εἰ ἔχετε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐλέγετε ἂν τῇ συκαμίνῳ ταύτῃ· ἐκριζώθητι καὶ φυτεύθητι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ὑπήκουσεν ἂν ὑμῖν.¶Read the interlinear

• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• “Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• likeὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a mustardσίναπιsinapi · mustardG4615
• seedκόκκοςkokkos · seedG2848
• to thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• mulberryσυκάμινοςsukaminos · mulberry treeG4807
• Be uprootedἐκριζόωekrizoō · to uprootG1610
• and be plantedφυτεύωphuteuō · to plantG5452
• in the seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• obeyὑπακούωhupakouō · to obeyG5219

Cross-references for Luke 17:6

• Matthew 17:20And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
• Matthew 21:21And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.
• Mark 9:23And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”
• Mark 11:22And Jesus answered saying to them, “Have faith in God.
• 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
• Luke 13:19It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
• Matthew 13:31He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

Commentaries on Luke 17:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6As a grain of mustard seed - A faith that increases and thrives as that is described to do, Matthew 13:32; (note), where see the note. See also Matthew 17:20. This sycamine - The words seem to intimate that they were standing by such a tree. The sycamine is probably the same as the sycamore. Sycamore with us, says Mr. Evelyn, is falsely so called, being our acer majus, greater maple. The true sycamore is the ficus Pharaonis or Aegyptia, Pharaoh's, or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6See Matthew 17:20. “Sycamine-tree.” This name, as well as sycamore, is given, among us, to the large tree commonly called the buttonwood; but the tree here mentioned is different. The Latin Vulgate and the Syriac versions translate it “mulberry-tree.” It is said to have been a tree that commonly grew in Egypt, of the size and appearance of a mulberry-tree, but bearing a species of figs. This tree was common in Palestine. It is probable that our Lord was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6A mustard seed was a common example of something very small (see 13:19). you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted': Black mulberry trees can live for hundreds of years and have wide and deep roots, making them very hard to pull out of the ground. it will obey you: This does not mean people should use faith to perform random miracles. God has unlimited power, and those who trust him will see him act according to his will.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. sycamine--mulberry. (See on Mr 11:22-24.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 17:6

• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sycamine

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• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
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• 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