Mark 9:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! {G4100} All things are possible to him that believeth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τό, Εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι.

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to him the, If you dynasai pisteusai, all things dynata to the one pisteuonti.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - said
*dynasai*: present, middle/passive, indicative, 2nd person, singular - you are able
*pisteusai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to believe
*dynata*: nominative/accusative, neuter, plural - possible/able
*pisteuonti*: present, active, participle, dative, masculine, singular - to the one believing

Word Meanings

*de*: but/and/now (transitional particle)
*dynasai*: you are able/you can
*pisteusai*: to believe/to trust/to have faith
*dynata*: possible/capable/able to be done
*pisteuonti*: believing/trusting/having faith

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Referenced Verses

John 11:40 : 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Matt 17:20 : 20 And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Mark 11:23 : 23 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.
Luke 17:6 : 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say {G302} unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey {G302} you.
Matt 21:21-22 : 21 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him]; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Acts 14:9 : 9 The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
John 4:48-50 : 48 Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.

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