"*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by.

and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.

"for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, and the money 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.

He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

For that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor." And they were exceedingly angry with her.

Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.

"Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?

"Why was not that perfume sold for 300 shillings and the money given to the poor?"

So the soldiers, as soon as they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, including His tunic, and divided them into four parts--one part for each soldier. The tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.

They entered the city, and they went up to the upper room which was now their fixed place for meeting. Their names were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

They sold their lands and other property, and distributed the proceeds among all, according to every one's necessities.

And, in fact, there was not a needy man among them, for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the money which they realised,

sold a farm which he had, and brought the money and gave it to the Apostles.

There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property but,

While it remained unsold, was not the land your own? And when sold, was it not at your own disposal? How is it that you have cherished this design in your heart? It is not to men you have told this lie, but to God."

Peter at once questioned her. "Tell me," he said, "whether you sold the land for so much." "Yes," she replied, "for so much."

"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him

So when the angel who had been speaking to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier who was in constant attendance on him,

Upon our arrival in Rome, Paul received permission to live by himself, guarded by a soldier.

For we know that the Law is a spiritual thing; but I am unspiritual--the slave, bought and sold, of sin.

I fed you with milk and not with solid food, since for this you were not yet strong enough. And even now you are not strong enough:

What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?

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 although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.

Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.

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.

As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering.

Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.

Yet God's solid foundation stands unmoved, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who really belong to Him." And this also, "Let every one who names the Name of the Lord renounce all wickedness."

For although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food.

Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.

Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.

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