Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Mark 11:23

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.

KJV

For 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.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀμὴνamēnAmenG281 →
λέγωlegōI sayG3004 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ὃςhoswho[ever]G3739 →
ἂνanmaybeG302 →
εἴπῃeipēmay sayG2036 →
τῷtōto theG3588 →
ὄρειoreimountainG3735 →
τούτῳ·toutōthis;G3778 →
ἄρθητιarthētido be taken awayG142 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
βλήθητιblēthētido be castG906 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
θάλασσαν,thalassansea,’G2281 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
διακριθῇdiakrithēamay doubtG1252 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
καρδίᾳkardiaheartG2588 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
ἀλλὰallabutG235 →
πιστεύῃpisteuēmay believeG4100 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ὃhowhatG3739 →
λαλεῖlaleihe saysG2980 →
γίνεται,ginetaitakes place,G1096 →
ἔσταιestaiit will be doneG1510 →
αὐτῷautōfor himG846 →

The walk

Related verses

17 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Matthew 17:20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.Matthew 21:21“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.Luke 17:6And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.James 1:5–6Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.Mark 9:23“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”Hebrews 11:17–19By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,Romans 4:18–25Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.Mark 9:18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”Revelation 8:8Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,Matthew 14:31Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”Zechariah 14:4On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.Matthew 14:13When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

Featured studies on this passage

The Tribute Money — Titian

Walks through Mark 11

The Sects of Second Temple Judaism

Open the study →

About Mark

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt (1633), public domain
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt (1633), public domain
Mark: the study guide →Read chapter 11 →The featured study →
Continue: Mark 11 →