Luke 17:6
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17:6So13 the Lord replied,14 “If15 you had faith the size of16 a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry17 tree, ‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’18 and it would obey19 you.
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- 13 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
- 14 Grk “said.”
- 15 This is a mixed condition, with ἄν (an) in the apodosis.
- 16 Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”
- 17 A black mulberry tree is a deciduous fruit tree that grows about 20 ft (6 m) tall and has black juicy berries. This tree has an extensive root system, so to pull it up would be a major operation.
- 18 The passives here (ἐκριζώθητι and φυτεύθητι, ekrizōthēti and phuteuthēti) are probably a circumlocution for God performing the action (the so-called divine passive, see ). The issue is not the amount of faith (which in the example is only very tiny), but its presence, which can accomplish impossible things. To cause a tree to be uprooted and planted in the sea is impossible. The expression is a rhetorical idiom. It is like saying a camel can go through the eye of a needle (Luke 18:25).
- 19 The verb is aorist, though it looks at a future event, another rhetorical touch to communicate certainty of the effect of faith.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So the Lord said, “If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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