"Ye are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, except, when cast without, to be trodden under foot by men.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

and, having found one pearl of great price, departing, he has sold all that he had, and bought it.

but, as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he be sold, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor!"

Salt is good; but, if the salt becomes saltless, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another."

And they come to Jerusalem. And, entering into the temple, He began to cast out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves;

For this ointment could have been sold for above three hundred denaries, and given to the poor!" And they were murmuring against her.

"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

Salt, therefore, is good; but if even the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

And, having entered into the temple, He began to cast out those who sold;

"Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?"

The soldiers, therefore, when they crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to each soldier a part; and also the coat. And the coat was without a seam, woven from the top throughout.

And, when they entered, they went up into the upper-room, where they were abiding; both Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

For neither was any one among them in want; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the things sold,

owning a field, having sold it, brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

While remaining, did it not remain your own? and, when sold, did it not continue in your own authority? Why did you conceive in your heart this thing? You did not lie to men, but to God."

and Peter made answer to her, "Tell me, if ye sold the place for so much?" And she said, "Yes, for so much."

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

And, when the angel who was talking to him departed, having called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those attending him;

And, when we came to Rome, it was permitted Paul to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

I fed you with milk, and not solid food; for not yet were ye able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye able;

Who ever serves as a soldier at his own charges; Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

Whatsoever is sold in the market eat, asking no question because of conscience;

and was making progress in Judaism above many companions of the same age in my own nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for my ancestral instructions.

that we may no longer be babes, billow-tossed, and carried about with every wind of teaching, in the sleight of men, in the craftiness suited to the artifice of error;

Yet I deemed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-worker, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need;

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

No one, serving as a soldier, entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

and to Apphia, the sister, and to Archippus, our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

For even when, on account of the time, ye ought to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first elements of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food;

but solid food is for full-grown men, who by practice have their senses trained for the discernment both of good and evil.

My brethren, can a fig tree produce olives; or a vine, figs? Neither can salt water yield sweet.