Luk 17:6 | TNotes | STEP | 17:6 A mustard seed was proverbial for something very small (see 13:19 ). • you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted’: Black mulberry trees can live for hundreds of years and have a vast root system, making them very difficult to uproot. • it would obey you: This is not a call to use faith for arbitrary miracles. God has unlimited power, and those who trust in him will see him use it.

‏ Luke 17:6

17:6 ^a A mustard seed was proverbial for something very small (see 13:19 ^b).

• you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted’: Black mulberry trees can live for hundreds of years and have a vast root system, making them very difficult to uproot.

• it would obey you: This is not a call to use faith for arbitrary miracles. God has unlimited power, and those who trust in him will see him use it.