KJV King James Version
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
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Luke 17:5
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
WEB World English Bible
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the apostles said to the Lord, ‘Add to us faith;’
Surrounding context — Luke 17
2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 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.
7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
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Mark 9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.2 Corinthians 12:8-10For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;Luke 7:13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.Mark 6:30And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.1 Peter 1:22-23Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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