Luke 14:34
32 And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
- KJV
- Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
- WEB
- “Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
- ASV
- Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
- DARBY
- Salt [then] [is] good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
- BLB
- Therefore the salt [is] good, but if even the salt should become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
- ÅB
- Salt er en god ting, men når også saltet mister sin kraft, hva skal det da saltes med?
- OTB
- "Salt er godt, men hvis det mister sin smak, hvordan kan det bli salt igjen?
- B1930
- Salt er en god ting, men når også saltet mister sin kraft, hvad skal det da saltes med?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
Read in contextColossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Read in contextMark 9:49–50
For everyone will be salted with fire.
Read in contextHebrews 2:4–8
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
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