[Mat 17:17-20 NKJV] – 17 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me." 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" 20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Faith AS a mustard seed.
Greek word is “hos” meaning: “as, like as, even as, according as, in the same manner as,”
- [Mat 6:30 NKJV] – 30 "Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, [will He] not much more [clothe] you, O you of little faith?
- [Mat 8:26 NKJV] – 26 But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" …
- [Mat 14:31 NKJV] And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?"
Jesus commended Great Faith…
Mat 8:7-10 NKJV] – 7 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." 8 The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 "For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
We must interpret Scripture in light of other Scripture.
The Parable of the Leaven
[Mat 13:33 NKJV] – 33 Another parable He spoke to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened."
3 Measures of Meal
[Gen 18:6 NKJV] – So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes."
Leaven
Leaven refers to false doctrine, unrepentant sin, decay and corruption, which, like yeast has slowly but surely leavened the whole loaf of the Kingdom, which includes the Church.
The Woman
[Rev 2:20-21 NKJV] – 20 "Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 "And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.
