Matthew 17

Which worship songs are based on Matthew 17?

Heavenly Hill — ApologetiX (2010) Matthew 17:1-9
The song explicitly retells the Transfiguration from Peter’s perspective, identifying James and John, the mountain, Moses and Elijah, and Jesus’ radiant appearance. Its prayer setting particularly reflects Luke’s account, while the joke about cleaning Jesus’ clothing closely adapts Mark’s comparison with an earthly launderer.
I Don't Wanna Go — Chris Renzema (2018) Matthew 17:1-8
Peter on the mountain before Jesus' transfigured appearance, wanting to remain there, unmistakably recalls the Transfiguration and Peter's proposal to erect shelters.
My Transfiguration — Jon Guerra (2023) Matthew 17:1-8
The song repeatedly names the Transfiguration, invoking Christ’s revealed glory and transformation on the mountain while applying that image to gradual change within ordinary life.
Beautiful Day — Jesus Culture (2018) Matthew 17:2
The depiction of Christ's face as surpassing the sun evokes the Transfiguration, where his face becomes radiant like the sun.
No Other Name - Radio Version — Hillsong Worship (2014) Matthew 17:2
The description of Christ's face radiating solar brightness closely recalls Matthew's account of his appearance at the transfiguration, without retelling the surrounding event.
Jesus’ Baptism — Neal Morse (2019) Matthew 17:5
The Father's command to listen to his beloved Son draws directly from the divine pronouncement at the Transfiguration, adding that later event's wording to the baptism scene.
Kyrie Eleison! — Brian Sauvé (2021) Matthew 17:15
The Greek invocation reproduces the concise appeal made to Jesus by several people seeking compassionate intervention in Matthew. The song uses this recurring biblical petition liturgically without identifying any one of those narratives.
Faith Is — Beckah Shae (2008) Matthew 17:20
The desire to move a mountain by commanding it recalls Jesus’ teaching about mustard-seed faith. The song’s earlier mustard-seed imagery makes this passage a particularly strong match.
Anything Is Possible — Bethel Music (2020) Matthew 17:20
The challenge concerning an immovable mountain and the declaration that nothing is impossible closely paraphrase Jesus’ teaching about faith moving mountains.
Through — Jason Gray (2020) Matthew 17:20
The recurring image of an immovable mountain deliberately engages Jesus’ teaching that faith can move mountains. The song explores the contrasting experience of trusting God when the obstacle remains and must instead be endured.
The Great I Am Can — Brandon Lake (2025) Matthew 17:20
The bridge closely paraphrases Jesus' teaching that even very small faith can command a mountain to move.
Heroes — Casting Crowns (2014) Matthew 17:20
The bridge uses mountain-moving imagery to describe the impact of otherwise unnoticed believers. This evokes Jesus' teaching that even small faith can accomplish what appears impossible.
Elohim - Live — Bethel Music & Noah Paul Harrison (2025) Matthew 17:20
The contrast between visible mountains and faith causing them to move closely paraphrases Jesus’ teaching about faith moving a mountain.
After Your Heart - Live — Bethel Music (2025) Matthew 17:20
The description of a very small measure of faith invokes Jesus’ comparison of effective faith to a mustard seed.
What Faith Can Do — Kutless (2009) Matthew 17:20
The chorus connects faith with the displacement of mountains, invoking Jesus’ teaching about faith overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles. The second verse’s rejection of impossibility reinforces this connection.
Labor of Love — Point of Grace (2010) Matthew 17:20
The description of faith capable of moving mountains directly invokes Jesus' teaching about faith accomplishing what appears impossible.
Growing Pains Pt. 2 — ELEVATION RHYTHM, Mitch Wong (2022) Matthew 17:20
The song directly combines Jesus’ mustard-seed comparison with his teaching that even small faith can move a mountain. Its emphasis on faith beginning small and gaining extraordinary efficacy unmistakably engages this verse.
Algo Nuevo Viene — Elevation Español (2024) Matthew 17:20
The declaration that mountains will move through persevering faith closely reflects Jesus’ teaching that faith can command a mountain to move.
Made a Way — Travis Greene (2015) Matthew 17:20
The song pairs mountain-moving imagery with the declaration that nothing is impossible, closely adapting Jesus’ teaching about faith. This combination makes Matthew 17:20 a stronger match than passages mentioning divine possibility alone.
Old for New — Bethel Music (2017) Matthew 17:20
The declaration that faith can move a mountain directly recalls Jesus’ teaching that even small faith can command a mountain to move and render the impossible possible.
Still — Brian Courtney Wilson (2020) Matthew 17:20
The command for a mountain to move in response to faith-filled speech directly echoes Jesus’ teaching that faith can address a mountain and cause it to move.
Impossible — Da’ T.R.U.T.H. (2011) Matthew 17:20
The second verse pairs moving mountains with the sufficiency of a small amount of faith, closely adapting Jesus' teaching about mustard-seed-sized faith.
… — Mitch Wong (2025) Matthew 17:20
The opening uses Jesus’ comparison between very small faith and a mustard seed, presenting faith as the beginning of transformative growth.
Mighty to Save — Hillsong UNITED (2008) Matthew 17:20
The mountain-moving imagery recalls Jesus' teaching about faith accomplishing what appears impossible. The song redirects the emphasis from the believer's faith to the Savior's power.
There’s Nothing That Our God Can’t Do - Live — Kristian Stanfill & Passion (2019) Matthew 17:20
The claim that faith in God's power can move an otherwise immovable mountain draws on Jesus' teaching that faith can command a mountain to move.
No Weapon — Pat Barrett (2020) Matthew 17:20
The combination of faith moving a mountain and impossibility being overcome closely follows Jesus' teaching about even small faith.
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us — Sidewalk Prophets (2012) Matthew 17:20
The opening verse combines seed-sized faith, moving mountains, and the overcoming of impossibility, closely adapting Jesus’ teaching about mustard-seed faith.
My Family — Jamie MacDonald (2025) Matthew 17:20
The lyrics reference the ability of God to move mountains, which evokes the imagery found in Matthew 17:20, where faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains.
You Can — Cade Thompson (2023) Matthew 17:20
The bridge invokes Jesus’ teaching that faith can command a mountain to move, using the mountain as an image of an otherwise immovable obstacle overcome by divine power.
Believe For It — CeCe Winans (2021) Matthew 17:20
The repeated association of faith with moving an otherwise immovable mountain closely reflects Jesus’ teaching that faith can command a mountain to move.
When You Believe (with Maren Morris) — Pentatonix & Maren Morris (2018) Matthew 17:20
The song uses Jesus’ distinctive image of faith accomplishing the humanly impossible by moving mountains. Its repeated association of belief with miraculous possibility reinforces this specific allusion.
Supply (Live) — The Belonging Co & Ben Cantelon (2022) Matthew 17:20
The reference to an extremely small seed of faith unmistakably recalls Jesus’ comparison of faith to a mustard seed and its capacity for seemingly impossible action.
Overcome — Kutless (2015) Matthew 17:20
The image of a mountain moving, reinforced by the later invitation to exercise faith, evokes Jesus’ teaching that faith can move mountains.
Unstoppable God — Elevation Collective, Tye Tribbett (2018) Matthew 17:20
The pairing of faith commanding a mountain to move with the declaration that nothing is impossible closely paraphrases Jesus' teaching about faith in this verse.
Miracles — Vertical Worship (2020) Matthew 17:20
The opening image of divine power moving a mountain evokes Jesus' teaching that faith can command a mountain to move and that nothing will be impossible.
A Lot With a Little — 11th Hour (2019) Matthew 17:20
The chorus combines mustard-seed-sized faith with the displacement of a mountain, closely paraphrasing Jesus' teaching in Matthew 17:20.
Mighty To Save — Jeremy Camp (2010) Matthew 17:20
The chorus draws on Jesus' concrete image of a mountain being moved through faith. It adapts that image into a declaration of the Savior's power rather than repeating the teaching about the disciples' faith.
Faith — Jordan Feliz (2020) Matthew 17:20
The claim that faith can move an immovable mountain closely paraphrases Jesus’ teaching about faith capable of commanding a mountain to move.
The Way, the Truth, the Life — Stryper (2022) Matthew 17:20
The song combines seed-sized faith with the movement of mountains, directly paraphrasing Jesus’ teaching about faith as small as a mustard seed.
So Much — Life.Church Worship (2025) Matthew 17:20
The description of faith causing mountains to move closely paraphrases Jesus' teaching that even small faith can command a mountain to move.
Believer — Rhett Walker (2019) Matthew 17:20
The mountain-moving identity draws directly on Jesus' description of faith as capable of commanding a mountain to move.
By Faith — Keith & Kristyn Getty (2009) Matthew 17:20
The final verse combines faith moving a mountain with assurance that seemingly impossible things can become possible. That combination closely adapts Jesus' teaching about faith.
Good Now — DOE (2020) Matthew 17:20
The song uses Jesus’ image of faith moving a mountain to describe God overcoming obstacles beyond human power. Its emphasis on faith and divine action makes the allusion specific rather than merely using mountains as a generic symbol of difficulty.
Trust in You — Lauren Daigle (2015) Matthew 17:20
The chorus invokes Jesus’ specific image of faith moving a mountain, then explores continued trust when the desired intervention does not occur.
The Woman of Seven Devils — Neal Morse (2019) Matthew 17:20
Jesus describes effective faith through the image of a minuscule seed, echoing his teaching about mustard-seed faith; Matthew’s immediate context also concerns deliverance from a demon.
Believer — Audio Adrenaline (2013) Matthew 17:20
The chorus connects belief with moving mountains, invoking Jesus’ teaching that faith can accomplish what appears impossible.
Thank You — Forrest Frank (2023) Matthew 17:20
The request for mountain-moving faith directly evokes Jesus’ teaching that even small but genuine faith can command a mountain to move.
AMAZING - REMIX — Darrel Walls & PJ Morton & Kierra Sheard (2025) Matthew 17:20
The lyrics reference the ability to move mountains with words, which aligns with Jesus' teaching about faith in Matthew 17:20, where He speaks of faith as small as a mustard seed having the power to move mountains.
Poder Pra Salvar — Thiago Grulha (2013) Matthew 17:20
The chorus uses Jesus’ distinctive image of moving mountains to express divine power over seemingly impossible obstacles. It adapts the image rather than reproducing his teaching about faith.
I'll Be Okay — Lydia Laird (2019) Matthew 17:20
The request for God to move mountains appears alongside concern about weakened faith, closely engaging Jesus’ teaching that faith can command a mountain to move. The song adapts the image into a prayer of dependence rather than a claim of personal spiritual power.
Even The Impossible - Live — Mack Brock (2020) Matthew 17:20
The command for mountains to move invokes Jesus’ specific mountain-moving image for faith confronting an otherwise immovable obstacle.
Faith For It - Live — Jesus Culture (2023) Matthew 17:20
The command for a mountain to move through faith closely paraphrases Jesus’ teaching that even small faith can move mountains.
Take It to the Cross — Stryper (2018) Matthew 17:20
The claim that faith can move mountains directly invokes Jesus’ teaching about faith overcoming what appears impossible.
All Over Again — Jordan St. Cyr (2023) Matthew 17:20
The image of active faith accomplishing the movement of mountains draws directly on Jesus' teaching about faith overcoming what appears impossible.
Salvation’s Tide — Passion (2020) Matthew 17:20
The song directly invokes Jesus’ teaching that faith can command a mountain to move, using the same distinctive image for overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles.
God Who Moves the Mountains — Jaci Velasquez (2017) Matthew 17:20
The bridge closely echoes Jesus’ teaching that faith can address a mountain and command it to move. Its combination of speaking, trusting, and expecting the mountain to move makes this more specific than a general metaphor for overcoming obstacles.
Witness (DENM House Mix) — Jordan Feliz (2018) Matthew 17:20
The chorus uses Jesus’ image of mountains being moved to portray divine power overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles. The song applies that image to God's love rather than reproducing the passage's specific emphasis on faith.
No Matter What — Jordan St. Cyr (2022) Matthew 17:20
The opening links the perceived insufficiency of faith with the ability to move a mountain, directly invoking Jesus’ teaching that even mustard-seed-sized faith can move mountains.
Remember — Lauren Daigle (2018) Matthew 17:20
The moving-mountain image recalls Jesus’ description of faith accomplishing what appears immovable or impossible.
Miracles (Mega Is a Gang remix) — Newsboys (2011) Matthew 17:20
The song's assertion that nothing is impossible closely echoes Jesus' teaching about faith. Its focus on seeking healing reinforces the connection, since Jesus gives this teaching after the disciples fail to heal a boy.
Second Chance — Hillsong UNITED (2007) Matthew 17:20
The bridge directly adapts Jesus’ teaching that faith as small as a mustard seed can move a mountain. The combination of small faith and moving mountains specifically identifies this passage.
We Say Yes (feat. ELEVATION RHYTHM) — SEU Worship, Sydney James, ELEVATION RHYTHM (2021) Matthew 17:20
The association of very small faith with moving mountains unmistakably recalls Jesus' teaching that faith comparable to a mustard seed can command a mountain to move.
Waiting Here for You - Radio Version — Christy Nockels (2011) Matthew 17:20
The opening adapts Jesus’s teaching that faith can move a mountain, turning that specific image into a communal prayer for divine intervention.
Even The Impossible - Studio Version — Mack Brock (2020) Matthew 17:20
The chorus closely reflects Jesus’ teaching that faith can command a mountain to move and that nothing will be impossible. The song locates the effective power in God rather than treating faith as an independent human force.
House of God - Live — Influence Music & Zach Johnson (2024) Matthew 17:20
The bridge's emphasis on a small amount of faith, combined with the imagery of mountains being transformed and impossibility being overcome, closely echoes Jesus' teaching about mustard-seed faith moving mountains.
No One But Jesus (Live) — Lakewood Music & Ramiro Garcia (2024) Matthew 17:20
The bridge combines faith with the removal of an otherwise insurmountable mountain, closely reflecting Jesus’ teaching about faith capable of moving mountains.
So Help Me God — Benjamin William Hastings (2022) Matthew 17:20
The possibility that God may move the obstacle, set within the song's explicit discussion of faith, engages Jesus' teaching that faith can command a mountain to move.
Did You Mean Me? — Todd Agnew (2017) Matthew 17:20
The statement about faith moving a mountain unmistakably recalls Jesus' teaching that even mustard-seed-sized faith can command a mountain to move.
By Faith — Keith & Kristyn Getty & Sing! (2020) Matthew 17:20
The declaration that faith will cause a mountain to be moved reproduces Jesus' teaching that even small faith can command a mountain to move and that nothing will be impossible.
The Resistance — Josh Garrels (2011) Matthew 17:20
The combination of tiny seed-sized faith, moving a mountain, and overcoming impossibility closely follows Jesus' teaching about mustard-seed faith.
Even If — MercyMe (2017) Matthew 17:20
The second verse paraphrases Jesus' teaching that even very small faith can command a mountain to move, then contrasts that promise with occasions when God permits the obstacle to remain.
Faith Don't Fail Me Now — Evan Craft (2023) Matthew 17:20
The song combines Jesus’ mustard-seed comparison with his teaching that even such small faith can move a mountain.
Let’s Go — Group 1 Crew (2010) Matthew 17:20
The song explicitly links faith with the ability to move mountains, adapting Jesus’ teaching about faith overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles.
Faith Is Living — John Waller (2009) Matthew 17:20
The song combines mustard-seed-sized faith with speaking to mountains and moving them. This distinctive combination identifies Jesus' teaching in Matthew 17:20 rather than a general statement about faith.
Battle Cry — Skillet (2013) Matthew 17:20
The chorus explicitly links faith with moving mountains, closely adapting Jesus’ teaching that faith can move a mountain and accomplish what seems impossible. This distinctive image establishes a scripture connection rather than merely a shared theme of perseverance.
Faith — Ashy Akakpo (2020) Matthew 17:20
The chorus directly invokes Jesus’ teaching that genuine faith can move a mountain, using that impossible act as the measure of the faith being requested.
Better Than — Bethel Music (2020) Matthew 17:20
The seed-and-mountain imagery directly recalls Jesus’ teaching that faith comparable in size to a mustard seed can command a mountain to move.
If The Lord Says Do It — Brian Free & Assurance (2012) Matthew 17:20
The chorus invokes Jesus’ teaching about faith moving a mountain. Its emphasis on accomplishing the otherwise impossible closely fits this verse’s concluding assurance.
You Can — Building 429 (2018) Matthew 17:20
The desire to see mountains move paraphrases Jesus' teaching that even small but genuine faith can accomplish what appears impossible.
Faithful to Believe — Byron Cage (2009) Matthew 17:20
The pairing of mustard-seed-sized faith with the movement of mountains unmistakably recalls Jesus' teaching. Matthew is the strongest match because it combines both images in a single saying.
There’s Nothing That Our God Can’t Do - Live From Passion 2020 — Kristian Stanfill & Passion (2020) Matthew 17:20
The chorus combines faith, the movement of a mountain, and the claim that nothing is impossible, closely paralleling Jesus’ teaching about faith in this verse.
Faithful Now — Vertical Worship (2020) Matthew 17:20
The mountain-moving image closely reflects Jesus’ teaching that faith can command an apparently immovable obstacle to move.
AMAZING — Darrel Walls & PJ Morton (2025) Matthew 17:20
The depiction of a mountain being moved through a spoken command draws on Jesus’ mountain-moving image. The song applies that image directly to God’s sovereign power rather than to the disciples’ faith.
Do It Again (Reprise) — Elevation Worship (2017) Matthew 17:20
The recurring image of faith accompanying the movement of mountains strongly evokes Jesus’ teaching that even small faith can command an otherwise immovable mountain. The song presents God, rather than the believer, as the one who overcomes the impossible obstacle.
Nunca Fallarás — Elevation Español, Lakewood Music Español, Ingrid Rosario (2026) Matthew 17:20
The image of God moving an otherwise immovable mountain invokes Jesus’ teaching that faith can move mountains and that nothing will be impossible.
Miracle — Tauren Wells (2020) Matthew 17:20
The image of an immovable mountain being displaced through divine power draws on Jesus’ teaching that faith can move mountains and that nothing is impossible.
for the King — Allison Eide (2025) Matthew 17:20
The song references the imagery of a mustard seed, which symbolizes faith and is directly linked to Jesus' teaching about the power of faith in Matthew 17:20.
The Love I Have For You — Colton Dixon (2026) Matthew 17:20
The song uses Jesus’ image of faith moving a mountain to portray seemingly insurmountable obstacles becoming possible through trust in God. The later reference to faith strengthens the connection to this specific teaching.
Unstoppable God — Elevation Worship (2014) Matthew 17:20
The combination of faith moving mountains and the bridge's declaration that nothing will be impossible closely adapts Jesus' teaching in this verse. Together, these details distinguish the connection from a general affirmation of divine power.
Overcome — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2021) Matthew 17:20
The assertion that faith can displace mountains directly paraphrases Jesus' teaching about faith comparable to a mustard seed.
What I've Got — Big Daddy Weave (2019) Matthew 17:20
The claim that faith can move mountains directly invokes Jesus' teaching about faith overcoming what appears impossible.
This Is a Move — Brandon Lake (2019) Matthew 17:20
The image of mountains being moved through belief evokes Jesus’ teaching that even small but genuine faith can command a mountain to move.
Call You Blessed — Bethany Barnard (2021) Matthew 17:20
The combination of mustard-seed faith and moving mountains unmistakably invokes Jesus’ teaching that even very small faith can accomplish what appears impossible.
I Will Go — Big Daddy Weave (2015) Matthew 17:20
The bridge invokes Jesus’ concrete image of faith making a mountain move, placing it within a declaration of divine power over human impossibilities.
Don't Faint — Jekalyn Carr & John P. Kee (2025) Matthew 17:21
The bridge closely echoes the traditional textual form in which Jesus teaches that a particular kind of spiritual opposition is overcome through prayer and fasting.

Matthew 17 (King James Version)

¹ And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

² And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

³ And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

⁴ Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

⁵ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

⁶ And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

⁷ And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

⁸ And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

¹¹ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

¹² But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

¹³ Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

¹⁴ And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

¹⁷ Then 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.

¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

²⁰ 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.

²¹ Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

²² And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

²³ And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

²⁴ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

²⁵ He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?

²⁶ Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

²⁷ Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.