Luke 17:5

Literal Standard Version

And the apostles said to the LORD, "Add to us faith";

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.

Bible in Basic English
And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

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

¹And He said to the disciples, "It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe [to him] through whom they come; ²it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put around his neck, and he has been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble. ³Take heed to yourselves, and if your brother may sin in regard to you, rebuke him, and if he may change his mind, forgive him, ⁴and if seven times in the day he may sin against you, and seven times in the day may return to you, saying, I change my mind, you will forgive him." ⁵And the apostles said to the LORD, "Add to us faith";⁶and the LORD said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard, you would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you. ⁷But who is he of you—having a servant plowing or feeding—who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come, recline at once? ⁸But will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may dine, and having girded yourself around, minister to me, until I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink? ⁹Does he have favor to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not. ¹⁰So also you, when you may have done all the things directed you, say, We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do we have done."

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 give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly."

Genesis 17:4
"I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;

Genesis 17:15
And God says to Abraham, "Sarai your wife—you do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;

Genesis 17:21
and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah does bear to you at this appointed time in the next year";

Genesis 17:23
And Abraham takes his son Ishmael, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money—every male among the men of Abraham's house and circumcises the flesh of their foreskin, in this very same day, as God has spoken with him.

Genesis 32:28
And He says, "Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail."

Numbers 13:16
These [are] the names of the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land; and Moses calls Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

2 Samuel 12:25
and sends by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calls his name Jedidiah, because of YHWH.

Nehemiah 9:7
You [are] He, O YHWH God, || Who fixed on Abraham, || And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, || And made his name Abraham,

Isaiah 65:15
And you have left your name || For an oath for My chosen ones, || And Lord YHWH has put you to death, || And He gives another name to His servants;

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.