# Luke 17.5

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.</span>
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> **5. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.**
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> 6. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;</span> (Luke 17:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”</span>
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> **5. The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”**
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> 6. The Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">“If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’</span> (Luke 17:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.</span>
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> **5. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.**
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> 6. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?</span> (Luke 17:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">'Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'</span>
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> **5. And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Add to us faith;'**
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> 6. and the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">'If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">'But, who is he of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding, who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?</span> (Luke 17:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G4102 - pistis](/codex/g4102-pistis/), *pistis*, Strong's G4102
- [G2962 - kyrios](/codex/g2962-kyrios/), *kyrios*, Strong's G2962

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 17](/codex/luke-17/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.