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Matthew 17:20

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “spoke” (λέγει) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “little faith” (ὀλιγοπιστίαν) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from here” (ἔνθεν) before there here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Jesus said” (Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “unbelief” (ἀπιστίαν) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from here” (ἔντεῦθεν) before there here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andλέγειlegeisaidλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΔιὰdiaBecauseδιάpreposition — “Because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.Becauseτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὀλιγοπιστίανoligopistianunbeliefὀλιγοπιστία (oligopistia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “unbelief”, the object formG6066little faithunbeliefὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.λέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youἐὰνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifἔχητεechēteye haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ye haveπίστινpistinfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the object formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.faithὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asκόκκονkokkona grainκόκκος (kokkos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a grain”, the object formG2848a kernel, grain, seed.This verse uses “grain”.a grainσινάπεωςsinapeōsof mustard seedσίναπι (sinapi)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of mustard seed”, the of-formG4615mustard (probably the shrub, not the herb).of mustard seedἐρεῖτεereiteto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to say”, an action still aheadG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G4483 (ῥέω, utter).τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄρειoreimountainὄρος (oros)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “mountain”, the to- or for-formG3735a mountain, hill.mountainτούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ΜετάβαmetabaRemoveμεταβαίνω (metabainō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Remove”, a single actionG3327I change my place (abode), leave, depart, remove, pass over.This verse uses “remove”.Removeἔνθενenthenhenceἔνθενadverb — “hence”G6033hencehenceἐκεῖekeito yonder placeἐκεῖadverb — “to yonder place”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “yonder”.to yonder placeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμεταβήσεταιmetabēsetaiit shall removeμεταβαίνω (metabainō)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it shall remove”, an action still aheadG3327I change my place (abode), leave, depart, remove, pass over.This verse uses “remove”.it shall removeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐδὲνoudennothingοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingἀδυνατήσειadunatēseishall be impossibleἀδυνατέω (adunateō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be impossible”, an action still aheadG101to be impossible; I am unable.shall be impossibleὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto you

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.εἶπενeipensaidἔπω (epō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2036to sayἀπιστίανapistianunbeliefἀπιστία (apistia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “unbelief”, the object formG570unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust.This verse uses “unbelief”.ἔντεῦθενenteuthenhenceἐντεῦθενadverb — “hence”G1782hence, from this place, on this side and on that.This verse uses “hence”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: 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.

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World English Bible

He said to them, “ Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you , if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed , you will tell this mountain , ‘ Move from here to there ,’ and it will move ; and nothing will be impossible for you .

Darby Translation

And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

Douay-Rheims

But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

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