"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!"

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

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" So they spoke angrily to her.

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

Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.

sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.

Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.

Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

However, God's solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.

For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

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,