Luke 14:34
Salt is a good thing: but if the salt itself hath become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
In Context
33So every one of you who doth not give up all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Mark 9:49For every thing will be salted with fire; and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
Hebrews 2:4while God gave testimony concerning them, by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit, which were given according to 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 →