And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: 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.
Faith as small as a mustard seed: what matters is not how big your faith is but how great God is. It is not a rule that unanswered prayer means too little faith.
KJV17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: 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. 21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
The life and teaching of Jesus, including the Sermon on the Mount, written for Jewish readers.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Coming to God begins with trusting that He is there and that He rewards those who seek Him.
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
The apostles’ prayer is one anyone can pray: increase our faith.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Real faith shows itself in how you live. James is not saying works earn salvation, but that living trust is never idle.
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Jesus points away from faith itself to the One it rests on: have faith in God.