Thematic Bible: Good and evil adjacent
Thematic Bible
Good and evil adjacent » The good in contact with evil as a saving influence
I am not praying that you should take them out of the world, but that you should protect them from the evil one [i.e., the devil].
"You people are [like] salt on the earth. But if salt loses its flavoring ability, how will it ever get it back again? From then on it would be good for nothing except to be thrown out onto the roadway and walked on by people. [Note: This was mined salt which, when losing its "saltiness" due to exposure to the sun or rain, was simply disposed of by being dumped onto the roadway where people walked].
Good and evil adjacent » In the field of Christian work
Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is "sensible"] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is "sincere"] as doves.
Good and evil adjacent » In the church
But the farmer said, 'No, for while you are gathering up the weeds, you might root up [some of] the wheat with them.
Good and evil adjacent » In society
And so it happened, as Jesus was having a meal at Matthew's house, a number of [other] tax collectors and worldly people came to sit down with Him and His disciples.
Good and evil adjacent » There will come a day of separation
I tell you, on that night [i.e., when Jesus returns. See verse 30], there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken [i.e., to be with the Lord] while the other one will be left [i.e., to be punished by the Lord].