KJV King James Version
And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
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Matthew 14:31
And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
WEB World English Bible
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
ASV American Standard Version
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, ‘Little faith! for what didst thou waver?’
Surrounding context — Matthew 14
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΕὐθέωςG2112 · eutheōsimmediatelyδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusἐκτείναςG1614 · ekteinōto stretch outτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoχεῖραG5495 · cheirhandἐπελάβετοG1949 · epilambanōto catchαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heὀλιγόπιστε,G3640 · oligopistosof little faithεἰςG1519 · eistowardτίG5101 · tiswhich?ἐδίστασας;G1365 · distazōto doubt
Cross-references
James 1:6-8But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.Psalm 138:7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.Matthew 17:20And 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.Luke 22:31-32And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.Mark 5:41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.Matthew 16:8[Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?Mark 1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.Isaiah 63:12That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth [his] hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.Mark 16:7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.Luke 24:34Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.Mark 11:23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.Romans 4:18-20Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
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