Luke 14:34

Salt is good: but if the salt become insipid, by what shall it be seasoned?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

33So then, every one of you who will not part with all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.

35It is neither fit for the land, nor for manure; but they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Cross References

Mark 9:49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every victim shall be sprinkled with salt.

Hebrews 2:4God superadding his testimony with them, by signs, and wonders, and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own 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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