Mark 9:50
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
49For everyone will be salted with fire.
Cross References
Job 6:6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Psalms 133:1A Song of Ascents. By David.See how good and how pleasant it isfor brothers to live together in unity!
Mark 9:34But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also must love one another.
Romans 12:18If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:42-50
Pain to Be Preferred to Sin. 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be… Read the whole commentary →