Here is a Bible study of verses, Greek words and definitions focused on garden parable topics highlighting seeds. Bold and spacing and some parentheses are my emphasis. Be blessed!
FAITH LIKE A MUSTARD SEED:
Context of Mustard seed verse:
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Matthew 17:17-19
English Standard Version
And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
English Standard Version
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.
New Living Translation
Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, "Why couldn't we cast out that demon?"
MUSTARD SEED VERSE:
Matthew 17:20
English Standard Version
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Greek: moreover he said to them, because of the "little faith" (oligopistos) of you. Truly indeed, I say to you, if you have "faith" (pistin) "as" (hós) a seed of mustard, you will say to (to this) the mountain, move from here to there! And it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
"Little faith"
3640. oligopistos
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
of little faith.
From oligos and pistis; incredulous, i.e. Lacking confidence (in Christ) -- of little faith.
see GREEK oligos
see GREEK pistis
inˈkrejələs/
adjective
(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
"an incredulous gasp"
synonyms: disbelieving, skeptical, unbelieving, distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious, doubtful, dubious, unconvinced;
cynical
"Faith"
4102. pistis
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
From peitho; persuasion, i.e. Credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself -- assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
synonyms: faith, trust, reliance, confidence, credence
"As"
5613. hós
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
KINGDOM/REIGN OF GOD LIKE A PLANTED PRODUCING MUSTARD SEED:
Mark 4:30-32 NLT
Parable of the Mustard Seed
30Jesus said, “How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it?
From peitho; persuasion, i.e. Credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself -- assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
be·lief
bəˈlēf/
noun
1.
an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
2.
trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
bəˈlēf/
noun
1.
an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
2.
trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
synonyms: faith, trust, reliance, confidence, credence
"As"
5613. hós
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
as, that about, how
Probably adverb of comparative fromhos; which how, i.e. In that manner (very variously used, as follows) -- about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
James 1:6
New International Version
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
New Living Translation
But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
English Standard Version
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Probably adverb of comparative fromhos; which how, i.e. In that manner (very variously used, as follows) -- about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
ACCOMPANYING VERSE matching the topic of incredulous doubt vs trusting faith:
James 1:6
New International Version
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
New Living Translation
But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
English Standard Version
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
WORD OF GOD AS SEED:
Matthew 13:18-23 ESV
The Parable of the Sower Explained
18“Hear then the parable of the sower:
Matthew 13:18-23 ESV
The Parable of the Sower Explained
18“Hear then the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.b
22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it.
He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Mark 4:30-32 NLT
Parable of the Mustard Seed
30Jesus said, “How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it?
❤ Hannah