You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be trodden upon by men.

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

Salt is good; but if the salt has become insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Salt, therefore, is good; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned?

Let your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer every one.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a vine, figs? So you cannot make salt water sweet.