Matthew 17:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I tell 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 for you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ “Because you have little faith,” he said. “I assure you that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Go from here to there,’ and it will go. There will be nothing that you can’t do.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But this kind is not cast out, except through prayer and fasting."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

Matthew 17:20 Cross References

Matthew 13:31

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;

Matthew 14:29

He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”

Matthew 17:19

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

Matthew 17:9

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.

Matthew 8:26

And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a dead calm.

Mark 11:22

Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.

Mark 11:23

Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.

Mark 4:31

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

Mark 9:23

Jesus said to him, “If you are able! All things can be done for the one who believes.”

Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Luke 17:6

The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Luke 18:27

He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.”

John 11:40

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

1 Corinthians 12:9

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

Hebrews 3:19

So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.