Luke 17:6

Plain English Version

Jesus said, “You know that plant called mustard? It has very little seeds, but they grow into a big plant. Well, like that, if you trust me properly, even if it is just a little bit, you will get stronger and trust me more. Then you will do powerful things, like if you say to a tree, ‘Get up and throw yourself into the sea,’ then that tree will do what you tell it to do.”

Cross References

Mark 4:31

God’s family is like a little seed, like the seed of the plant we call mustard. Its seeds are very little.

Mark 9:23

Jesus said, “You said to me, ‘If you can.’ But you know that God is strong enough to do anything if you trust him to do it, right?”

Luke 17:7

And Jesus said to his followers, “You know about bosses and their workers. Maybe a work-man digs the ground to plant seeds one day, or maybe he looks after sheep. When the sun starts to go down, the work-man comes back to the house of his boss. That boss doesn’t say, ‘Sit down with me, and we will have dinner together.’

Luke 19:4

So he ran up the road ahead of Jesus and climbed up into a tree, and he saw Jesus from up high in that tree.

Luke 7:13

Jesus saw the mother, and he felt very sorry for her. He told her, “Don’t cry.”

1 Corinthians 13:2

Suppose we tell people God’s messages, and suppose we know God’s secrets and understand all about everything, and suppose we trust God so strongly that we can get him to move mountains, but if we don’t love other people, we are nothing.