“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people [when the walkways are wet and slippery].

where their worm [that feeds on the dead] does not die, and the fire is not put out.

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

“Therefore, salt is good; but if salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?

Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].

Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.