Matthew 17:20
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“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.”
πίστις
Even a tiny, genuine trust in God is enough to accomplish what looks completely impossible — size doesn't matter, sincerity does.
κόκκος
Mustard
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κόκκος
Even the smallest, most seemingly insignificant amount of genuine faith is enough — Jesus isn't asking for much, just something real.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
In this moment of correction, Jesus — whose very name means "the LORD saves" — speaks not as a distant teacher but as the living source of the faith He is calling His disciples to exercise.
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δύναμαι
Possible
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δύναμαι
When your faith is rooted in God, who is the source of all power, the barriers that seem immovable in your own strength simply have no final authority over the outcome.
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λέγω
I say
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λέγω
Jesus wasn't offering a suggestion or a theory — he was declaring a reality with the same authoritative voice that called the universe into existence.
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διά
Because of
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διά
Your failure to heal wasn't random — it traced directly back to your unbelief as the source, the very channel through which your power ran dry.
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ἐάν
If
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ἐάν
The word sets up a real possibility, not a hypothetical — Jesus is saying this mountain-moving outcome is genuinely on the table, waiting on one condition you actually have the power to meet.
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ἔχω
you shall have
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ἔχω
In this verse, the word carries the sense of genuinely possessing and holding onto faith — not just knowing about it, but actively gripping it the way you'd hold something you refuse to let go of.
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σίναπι
of mustard,
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σίναπι
Even the tiniest, most fragile faith — no smaller than a mustard seed — is enough for God to work through, because the power was never in the size of your faith to begin with.
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ῥέω
you will say
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ῥέω
With even the smallest genuine faith, your spoken words become an active force — you don't just wish for change, you declare it into existence.
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ὄρος
mountain
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ὄρος
In this verse, "mountain" represents any massive, immovable obstacle in your life that seems too big to overcome — Jesus is saying that genuine faith can shift even the most impossible circumstances.
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οὗτος
to this;
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οὗτος
Pointing to a specific mountain in front of them, Jesus wasn't speaking in abstract ideals — he was telling his disciples that real, tangible obstacles right in front of you are exactly what even the smallest genuine faith is designed to move.
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μεταβαίνω
do move
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μεταβαίνω
When your faith is real, even immovable obstacles don't get a vote — they relocate.
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ἐκεῖ
to there,
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ἐκεῖ
Faith doesn't just move mountains — it relocates them to a specific destination, meaning your belief has a target, a direction, and a purpose beyond simply removing obstacles.
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οὐδείς
no thing
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οὐδείς
With genuine faith, there is absolutely no obstacle, barrier, or impossibility that can stand in your way — zero exceptions.
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