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Mr 11:23 Strong Concordance For [1063] verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], That [3754] whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036] unto this [5129] mountain [3735], Be thou removed [142], and [2532] be thou cast [906] into [1519] the sea [2281]; and [2532] shall [1252] not [3361] doubt [1252] in [1722] his [846] heart [2588], but [235] shall believe [4100] that [3754] those things which [3739] he saith [3004] shall come to pass [1096]; he [846] shall have [2071] whatsoever [3739] [1437] he saith [2036].
  King James For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed . . . he shall have whatsoever he saith--Here is the lesson now. From the nature of the case supposed--that they might wish a mountain removed and cast into the sea, a thing far removed from anything which they could be thought actually to desire--it is plain that not physical but moral obstacles to the progress of His kingdom were in the Redeemer's view, and that what He designed to teach was the great lesson, that no obstacle should be able to stand before a confiding faith in God.
 
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14 If [1437] ye shall ask [154] any thing [5100] in [1722] my [3450] name [3686], I [1473] will do [4160] it.
13 And [3739] [2532] whatsoever [3748] [302] ye shall ask [154] in [1722] my [3450] name [3686], that [5124] will I do [4160], that [2443] the Father [3962] may be glorified [1392] in [1722] the Son [5207].
6 And [1161] the Lord [2962] said [2036], If [1487] ye had [2192] faith [4102] as [5613] a grain [2848] of mustard seed [4615], ye might [302] say [3004] unto this [5026] sycamine [4807] tree, Be thou plucked up by the root [1610], and [2532] be thou planted [5452] in [1722] the sea [2281]; and [2532] it should [302] obey [5219] you [5213].
1 And [2532] it came to pass [1096], that, as [1722] he [846] was [1511] praying [4336] in [1722] a certain [5100] place [5117], when [5613] he ceased [3973], one [5100] of his [846] disciples [3101] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Lord [2962], teach [1321] us [2248] to pray [4336], as [2531] John [2491] also [2532] taught [1321] his [846] disciples [3101].
1 And [2532] it came to pass [1096], that, as [1722] he [846] was [1511] praying [4336] in [1722] a certain [5100] place [5117], when [5613] he ceased [3973], one [5100] of his [846] disciples [3101] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Lord [2962], teach [1321] us [2248] to pray [4336], as [2531] John [2491] also [2532] taught [1321] his [846] disciples [3101].
20 And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], Because [1223] of your [5216] unbelief [570]: for [1063] verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], If [1437] ye have [2192] faith [4102] as [5613] a grain [2848] of mustard seed [4615], ye shall say [2046] unto this [5129] mountain [3735], Remove [3327] hence [1782] to yonder place [1563]; and [2532] it shall remove [3327]; and [2532] nothing [3762] shall be impossible [101] unto you [5213].