"Ye are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, except, when cast without, to be trodden under foot by men.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

and, having found one pearl of great price, departing, he has sold all that he had, and bought it.

but, as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he be sold, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor!"