And Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen (sindoni | σινδόνι | dat sg fem) shroud,

And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard (sinapeōs | σινάπεως | gen sg neut) seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

It is like a mustard (sinapeōs | σινάπεως | gen sg neut) seed that a man took and threw into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky made nests in its branches.”

It is like a mustard (sinapeōs | σινάπεως | gen sg neut) seed mustard (sinapeōs | σινάπεως | gen sg neut) that, when it is sown in the ground, is smaller than all of the seeds on earth.

He said to them, “Because of the poverty of your faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard (sinapeōs | σινάπεως | gen sg neut) seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”

He gave them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard (sinapeōs | σινάπεως | gen sg neut) seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai (Sina | Σινᾶ | nom sg neut) in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai (Sina | Σινᾶ | gen sg neut), bearing children to be slaves; she is Hagar.

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai (Sina | Σινᾶ | dat sg neut), and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us.

“Now when forty years had passed, there appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai (Sina | Σινᾶ | gen sg neut) an angel in the flame of a burning bush.