Luke 14:34

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again?

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

In Context

33So therefore, any one of you who does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.

35It is of no use for the soil or even for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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Cross References

Mark 9:49For everyone will be salted with fire.

Hebrews 2:4At the same time God testified to it by signs, wonders, and various powerful deeds, and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

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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