Luke 17:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 ¶ [a]And the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 And the Lord said, (A)If ye had faith, as much as is [b]a grain of mustard seed, and should say unto this mulberry tree, Pluck thyself up by the roots, and plant thyself in the sea, it should even obey you.
7 ¶ [c]Who is it also of you, that having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, would say unto him by and by, when he were come from the field, Go, and sit down at table,
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- Luke 17:5 God will never be utterly lacking to the Godly (although he be not so perfectly with them, as they would) even in those difficulties, which cannot be overcome by man’s reason.
- Luke 17:6 If you had no more faith, but the quantity of the grain of mustard seed.
- Luke 17:7 Seeing that God may challenge unto himself of right, both us and all that is ours, he can be debtor unto us for nothing, although we labor manfully even unto death.
Luke 17:5-7
New International Version
5 The apostles(A) said to the Lord,(B) “Increase our faith!”
6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,(C) you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.(D)
7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’?
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