You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes insipid, what can make it salt again? After that it is fit for nothing, fit only to be thrown outside and trodden by the feet of men.

Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground unless your Father wills it.

as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

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

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

Then they came to Jerusalem, and entering the temple he proceeded to drive out those who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

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

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

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Salt is excellent indeed: but if salt becomes insipid, what will restore its flavour?

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.

"Why was not this perfume sold for ten pounds, and the money given to the poor?"

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,

On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.

sold a farm belonging to him and brought the money, which he placed before the feet of the apostles.

But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,

"Tell me," said Peter, "did you only sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was all we sold it for."

Out of jealousy the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,

When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his menservants and a religiously minded soldier who belonged to his personal retinue,

When we did reach Rome, Paul got permission to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

I fed you with milk, not with solid food. You were not able for solid food, and you are not able even now;

Does a soldier provide his own supplies? Does a man plant a vineyard without eating its produce? Does a shepherd get no drink from the milk of the flock?

Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;

The slight trouble of the passing hour results in a solid glory past all comparison,

As for Epaphroditus, however, my brother, my fellow-worker, my fellow-soldier, and your messenger to meet my wants, I think it necessary to send you him at once,

for although I am absent in body I am with you in spirit, and it is a joy to note your steadiness and the solid front of your faith in Christ.

let your talk always have a saving salt of grace about it, and learn how to answer any question put to you.

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

Join the ranks of those who bear suffering, like a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus.

No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.

But the solid foundation laid by God remains, and this is its inscription: the Lord knows who are his, and 'let everyone who names the name of the Lord give up evil.'

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

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

Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food.

Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish 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,

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives? Or a vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.