19 lines
911 B
Markdown
19 lines
911 B
Markdown
## Increase our faith ##
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"Please give us more faith" or "Please add more faith to our faith"
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## If you had faith as a mustard seed ##
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This could be translated as "If you had faith that was even as small as mustard seed" or "If only your faith was as big as a mustard seed, but it isn't." The construction of the phrase implies that they did not, in fact, have faith that was even the size of a mustard seed.
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## a sycamore tree ##
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“a sycamore fig tree.” It produces small round fruit about 2.5 centimeters across. This can be translated simply as “a fig tree” or “a tree.”
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## be uprooted, and be planted in the sea ##
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This could be translated as "uproot yourself and plant yourself in the sea" or "take your roots out of the ground, and put your roots down into the ocean."
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## it would obey you ##
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"the tree would obey you" This result is conditional. It would happen only if they had faith. |