Luke 14:34

For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

In Context

33And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

35It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

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Cross References

Mark 9:49Everyone will be salted with fire.

Hebrews 2:4And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35

The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →

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