"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside [and] trampled under foot by people.

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

For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Sala, the [son] of Nahshon,

of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,

the son of Heber, the son of Sala, The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, The son of Methuselah,

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

No one among them was in any want, for any who owned lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sale

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God."

Eat anything that is for sale in the markets, asking no questions for conscience sake;

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].

does a fountain throw up salt water and fresh, by the same conveyance?

Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither can'salt water yield sweet.

and by artful speeches they will make sale of you for gain. Whose judgement is long since hastening, and their destruction doth not slumber.

And the merchants of the earth weep aloud and lament over her, because now there is no sale for their cargoes--