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.

For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alpheus, and Labbeus, whose sirname was Thaddeus, Simon the zelot,

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot--the one who also betrayed him.

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

"The kingdom from heaven is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and hid. In his excitement he went and sold everything he had and bought that field."

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James??nd he gave them the names of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder??18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot,

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,

The king was deeply grieved, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests [who might have regarded him as weak], he was unwilling to [break his word and] refuse her.

And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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 salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

and the seats of them that sold doves, And suffered not that any one should carry any vessel thro' the temple.

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

So, they crucified Him and divided His clothing by gambling for them to decide what each soldier would get.

to let you know the solid truth of what you have been taught.

and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

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

Not many days later, the younger son sold off everything and went abroad to a distant land, where he squandered his means in loose living.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

For the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those that sold oxen,

And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

sold a possession, and secreted part of the price, his wife also being conscious to it; and bringing: some part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

and said, "You expert in every form of deception and sleight-of-hand, you son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right, will you never stop trying to make the Lord's straight paths crooked!

A certain woman named Lydia, from the town of Thyatira, who sold purple cloth [for a living], was there. She was a worshiper of God and when she heard us [telling about salvation through Christ], the Lord opened her heart to respond to the message being spoken by Paul.

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being ardent and passionate for God just as all of you are today.

And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no slight storm being upon us, at last all hope that we should be saved was taken away.

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not ready.

What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

Or, for example, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, what soldier will be prepared for battle?

Therefore let no one slight him, but all of you should help him forward in peace to join me; for I am waiting for him and others of the brethren.

For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!

And I progressed in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my race, being much more a zealot of the traditions of my fathers.

And ye did not slight or disdain my temptation which was in the flesh, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

and my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church].

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

For even though I am absent [from you] in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, delighted to see your good discipline [as you stand shoulder to shoulder and form a solid front] and to see the stability of your faith in Christ [your steadfast reliance on Him and your unwavering confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Aristarchus my fellow-soldier salutes you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas concerning whom you received commandments; if he may come to you, receive him;

Slight not prophesyings:

Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.

and those having believing masters, let them not slight them, because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

storing up for themselves that which shall be a solid foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of the Life which is life indeed.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness."

who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

Tell them all this, exhort and reprove, with full authority; let no one slight you.

and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:

Epaphras, my fellow-soldier in Christ Jesus;

For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath;

so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

For he was confidently looking forward to that city with the solid foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

taking care, lest any one slight the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness spring up and trouble you, and by this many be defiled;

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Does a spring produce [both] fresh water and salt water from the same opening?

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

The solid fabric of the wall was jasper; and the city itself was made of gold, resembling transparent glass.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each separate gate was of one single pearl. And the street (broad way) of the city was pure gold, like transparent crystal.