Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes blessing the poor in spirit, mourners, meek, and peacemakers. Jesus declares he has come not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. Six antitheses intensify the Law's demands: not just …
Other Translations
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.
You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.
Cross References
And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the …
For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, …
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath …
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every …
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made …
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God …
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus …
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known …