Luke 17:5
New International Version
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

New Living Translation
The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.”

English Standard Version
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Berean Standard Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Berean Literal Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord, "Add to us faith!"

King James Bible
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

New King James Version
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

New American Standard Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

NASB 1995
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

NASB 1977
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Legacy Standard Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Amplified Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power].”

Christian Standard Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

American Standard Version
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Contemporary English Version
The apostles said to the Lord, "Make our faith stronger!"

English Revised Version
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith."

Good News Translation
The apostles said to the Lord, "Make our faith greater."

International Standard Version
Then the apostles told the Lord, "Give us more faith!"

Majority Standard Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

NET Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

New Heart English Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

Webster's Bible Translation
And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

Weymouth New Testament
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

World English Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the apostles said to the LORD, “Add to us faith”;

Berean Literal Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord, "Add to us faith!"

Young's Literal Translation
And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Add to us faith;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sent said to the Lord, Add faith to us.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

New American Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

New Revised Standard Version
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the apostles said to our Lord, Increase our faith.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And The Apostles said to Our Lord, “Increase our faith.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.

Godbey New Testament
And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

Haweis New Testament
And the disciples said unto the Lord, increase our faith.

Mace New Testament
The Apostles having said to the Lord, increase our faith, he answer'd them,

Weymouth New Testament
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

Worrell New Testament
And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

Worsley New Testament
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Power of Faith
4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” 5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.…

Cross References
Matthew 17:20
“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Mark 9:24
Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”

James 1:5-6
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. / But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Matthew 21:21
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

John 14:13-14
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.


Treasury of Scripture

And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

Increase.

Mark 9:24
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

2 Corinthians 12:8-10
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me…

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Luke 17
1. Jesus teaches to avoid occasions of offense;
3. and to forgive one another.
5. The power of faith.
6. How we are bound to God.
11. Jesus heals ten lepers.
22. Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of the Son of Man.














The apostles
This term refers to the twelve disciples whom Jesus personally chose and appointed to be His closest followers and messengers. The Greek word "apostolos" means "one who is sent out," indicating their role as emissaries of Christ's teachings. Historically, the apostles were foundational to the early Church, spreading the Gospel and establishing Christian communities. Their request in this verse reflects their awareness of their need for spiritual growth and strength to fulfill their mission.

said to the Lord
The use of "Lord" here is significant, as it acknowledges Jesus' divine authority and mastery. In the Greek, "Kyrios" is a title of respect and reverence, often used for God. This phrase indicates the apostles' recognition of Jesus as their teacher and sovereign, to whom they can turn for guidance and empowerment. It underscores the relationship of trust and dependence they have with Him.

Increase our faith!
This plea is both humble and profound. The Greek word for "increase" is "prosthes," which implies adding to or augmenting something that already exists. The apostles are not asking for faith from scratch but for a deepening and strengthening of what they already possess. "Faith" in Greek is "pistis," which encompasses trust, belief, and confidence in God. This request highlights the apostles' understanding that faith is dynamic and can grow. It also reflects their desire to meet the challenges of discipleship with greater reliance on God's power. Historically, this plea is set against the backdrop of Jesus' teachings on forgiveness and the demands of following Him, which require a robust and resilient faith.

(5) The apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.--The form in which the fragment that thus commences is brought before us suggests, as has been stated before (see Notes on Luke 7:13; Luke 10:1), that it was a comparatively late addition to the collection of "the words of the Lord Jesus" (Acts 20:35), and this is confirmed by the exceptional use of "the Apostles" for "the disciples." It may have stood originally in an absolutely isolated form. On the other hand, its position here indicates a sufficiently traceable sequence. That command of a seven-fold--i.e., an unlimited--forgiveness seemed to make almost too great a strain on their faith. Did it not imply an almost miraculous victory over natural impulses, that could be wrought only by a supernatural grace? Was not the faith that could "remove mountains" wanted, if ever, here--a faith in the pardoning love of the Father, and in their own power to reproduce it? And so, conscious of their weakness, they came with the prayer that has so often come from the lips of yearning, yet weak, disciples of the Christ--reminding us of him who cried, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief" (see Note on Mark 9:24)--"Increase our faith." May we not possibly think of Peter as having struggled to obey the rule which had been given to them before (Matthew 18:22), and as having found himself unequal to the task?

Verse 5. - And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. The disciples, moved by the severe and cutting rebuke of their Master - a rebuke they probably felt their harsh, self-congratulatory state of mind had well merited-come to him and ask him to give them such an increased measure of faith as would enable them to play better the difficult and responsible part he had assigned them. They evidently felt their weakness deeply, but a stronger faith would supply them with new strength; they would thus be guided to form a wiser, gentler judgment of others, a more severe opinion too of themselves.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

apostles
ἀπόστολοι (apostoloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 652: From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.

said
εἶπαν (eipan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord,
Κυρίῳ (Kyriō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

“Increase
Πρόσθες (Prosthes)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4369: To place (put) to, add; I do again. From pros and tithemi; to place additionally, i.e. Lay beside, annex, repeat.

our
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

faith!”
πίστιν (pistin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.


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