``they have not ( ldrx lv Nyerg wmk hnwma), 'faith as a grain of mustard seed'.''Īnd it is used in like sense in other eastern nations and by Mahomet in his Alcoran F4, who says, Which was a very small seed, the least of all seeds, and is used very often proverbially by the Jews, to signify anything of a small quantity or weight F2, and is sometimes used of faith, as here so speaking of the congregation of Edom, meaning the Christians, they F3 say, Christ says, not because of the unbelief of the parent of the child, and those that were with him, though that also was a reason but because of their unbelief, being willing to convince them of their unbelief, as he had done the father of the child, who had confessed it, and desired it might be removed from him: but lest they should think they had lost their power of doing miracles, Christ adds įor verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, 'because of your little faith', or 'the smallness of your faith' and so does one Greek manuscript and which is what is doubtless meant by their unbelief for they were not altogether destitute of faith, but their faith was very low, and their unbelief very great. And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief
