Luke 17:5

Bible in Basic English

And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

Parallel Translations

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

King James Version (1611)
And the Apostles said vnto the Lord, Increase our faith.

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

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

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

New Century Version
The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!"

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
The emissaries said to the Lord, "Increase our trust."

Darby Translation
And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.

Easy-to-Read Version
The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Apostles saide vnto the Lorde, Increase our faith.

George Lamsa Translation
And the apostles said to our Lord, Increase our faith.

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

Lexham English Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

Literal Translation
And the apostles said to the Lord, Give us more faith.

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

Hebrew Names Version
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

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

Etheridge Translation
And the apostles said unto our Lord, Increase to us faith.

Murdock Translation
And the Legates said to our Lord: Increase our faith.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Apostles sayde vnto the Lorde: increase our fayth.

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said,

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the apostlis seiden to the Lord, Encrese to vs feith.

Update Bible Version
And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

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

New English Translation
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

New King James Version
Matthew 17:19-21; Mark 9:28,29">[xr] And 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."

New Life Bible
The followers said to the Lord, "Give us more faith."

New Revised Standard
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the apostles said unto the Lord - Bestow on us faith!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.

Revised Standard Version
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the apostles sayde vnto the Lorde: increase oure faith.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the Apostles sayde vnto ye LORDE: Increace oure faith.

Mace New Testament (1729)
The Apostles having said to the Lord, increase our faith, he answer'd them,

THE MESSAGE
The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the twelve cowboys said, "Show us how to have more faith!"

Contextual Overview

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come. ² It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones. ³ Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness. ⁴ And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness. ⁵ And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater. ⁶ And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done. ⁷ But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal, ⁸ Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours? ⁹ Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered? ¹⁰ In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

Bible Verse Review
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Increase: Mark 9:24, 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Philippians 4:13, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Hebrews 12:2, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 1:23

Reciprocal: Matthew 15:28 - great Acts 3:16 - through 1 Corinthians 12:9 - faith 1 Corinthians 13:2 - and though I have all Colossians 2:12 - the faith 1 Thessalonians 3:12 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

Genesis 17:4
As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

Genesis 17:15
And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

Genesis 17:21
But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

Genesis 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

Genesis 32:28
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Numbers 13:16
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.

2 Samuel 12:25
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:7
You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

Isaiah 65:15
And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the apostles said unto the Lord,.... Either on account of what was now said by Christ concerning offences, and forgiving injuries; being conscious to themselves of their own weakness to withstand temptations; and fearful lest they should be stumbled and offended with what they should meet with; or that they should give offence to others: and being also sensible of what spirits they were of, and of the difficulties of conquering them, and mastering the resentment of their minds, when injured and provoked; and also the necessity of divine assistance, of having fresh supplies of grace, and of having their graces, and particularly faith, strengthened, and drawn into a lively exercise; or on account of their not being able to cast out a devil from one that was possessed,

Matthew 17:19 when words, to the same purpose, were spoken by Christ, as in the following verse; on occasion of one or other of these, though more likely the former, the apostles addressed Christ in this manner,

increase our faith; both the faith of working miracles, and the grace of believing in him: by which, as they express their sense of the weakness, and imperfection of their faith; and their great desire to have it increased, which might be for their comfort, and his glory; so they acknowledge his divine power, and that he is the author and finisher of faith; and that as the beginning, so the increase of it is from him: wherefore faith is not of a man's self, or the produce of man's freewill and power, but is the gift of God; and even where it is, it is not in man to increase it, or add to it, or to draw it forth into exercise; this also is the operation of God. And if the apostles had need to put up such a petition to Christ, much more reason have other men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Increase our faith - This duty of forgiving offences seemed so difficult to the disciples that they strongly felt the need of an increase of faith. They felt that they were prone themselves to harbor resentments, and that it required an additional increase of true religion to enable them to comply with the requirements of Jesus. We may learn from this:

1. That Jesus has “the power” of increasing the faith of his people. Strength comes from him, and especially strength to believe the gospel. Hence, he is called the “Author and Finisher” of our faith, Hebrews 12:2.
2. The duty of forgiving offences is one of the most difficult duties of the Christian religion. It is so contrary to our natural feelings; it implies such elevation above the petty feelings of malice and revenge, and is so contrary to the received maxims of the world, which teach us to “cherish” rather than to forgive the memory of offences, that it is no wonder our Saviour dwells much on this duty, and so strenuously insists on it in order to our having evidence that our hearts have been changed.

Some have thought that this prayer that he would increase their faith refers to the power of working miracles, and especially to the case recorded in Matthew 17:16-20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:5. Increase our faith. — This work of pardoning every offence of every man, and that continually, seemed so difficult, even to the disciples themselves, that they saw, without an extraordinary degree of faith, they should never be able to keep this command. But some think that this and what follows relate to what Matthew has mentioned. Matthew 17:19-20.