¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, so ^(A)that^[a] they may see your good works and ^(B)give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Increase Our Faith

^5 (A)The apostles said to the Lord, ^(B)“Increase our faith!” ⁶ And the Lord said, ^(C)“If you had faith like ^(D)a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this ^(E)mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

¹⁷ Elijah was a man ^(A)with a nature like ours, and ^(B)he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for ^(C)three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ^18 (D)Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.