"You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot.

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

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

Salt is good; but if salt loses its strength, what can it be seasoned with?

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

Eat anything for sale in the meat market without raising any question, as far as conscience is concerned,

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grape vine figs? A salt spring cannot give fresh water.