Matthew 5:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.
  • Luke 14:34-35 : 34 For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it? 35 It 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.
  • Lev 2:13 : 13 And every meal offering is to be salted with salt; your meal offering is not to be without the salt of the agreement of your God: with all your offerings give salt.
  • Mark 9:49-50 : 49 Everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit, 5 With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time, 6 And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

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  • Luke 14:33-35
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    33And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

    34For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

    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.

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    84%

    14You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

    15And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

    16Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

  • Mark 9:49-50
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    49Everyone will be salted with fire.

    50Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

  • Matt 5:10-12
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    10Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

    11Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

    12Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

  • Luke 9:5
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    5And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

  • Matt 10:14-15
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    14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

    15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Mark 13:13
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    13And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

  • Matt 13:42-44
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    42And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

    43Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

    44The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

  • Mark 13:9-10
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    9But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

    10And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

  • Luke 6:22-23
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    22Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

    23Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

  • Matt 5:5
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    5Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

  • Luke 9:25
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    25For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

  • Matt 25:30
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    30And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • John 15:19-20
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    19If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

    20Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  • Mark 4:21
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    21And he said to them, When the light comes in, do people put it under a vessel, or under the bed, and not on its table?

  • Luke 11:33
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    33No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

  • Matt 13:50
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    50And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Matt 10:22-23
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    22And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

    23But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

  • Matt 8:12
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    12But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

  • Mark 6:11
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    11And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

  • Lev 2:13
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    13And every meal offering is to be salted with salt; your meal offering is not to be without the salt of the agreement of your God: with all your offerings give salt.

  • Matt 16:25-26
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    25Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

    26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Matt 10:18
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    18And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

  • Mark 8:35
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    35Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

  • Matt 5:48
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    48Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

  • Luke 10:15
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    15And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

  • Matt 13:5
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    5And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

  • Matt 10:27
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    27What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

  • Col 4:6
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    6Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

  • Matt 5:19-20
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    19Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

    20For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

  • Luke 13:28
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    28There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.