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NASB					Matt 5:13 ¶ "You are the salt²¹⁷ of the earth¹⁰⁹³; but ^Aif¹⁴³⁷ the salt²¹⁷ has become³⁴⁷¹ tasteless³⁴⁷¹, how¹⁷²²^,⁵¹⁰¹ ¹can it be made²³³ salty²³³ again? It is no³⁷⁶² longer²⁰⁸⁹ good²⁴⁸⁰ for anything³⁷⁶², except¹⁵⁰⁸ to be thrown⁹⁰⁶ out and trampled²⁶⁶² under²⁶⁶² foot²⁶⁶² by men⁴⁴⁴.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 5:13 ¶ "You are the ¹salt of the earth; but if the salt has ²lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people [when the walkways are wet and slippery].

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In ancient times salt was often used as a preservative. Similarly, followers of Christ are to preserve both the gospel message and Christian values in the secular world.

The salt from the Dead Sea contains impurities that affect its qualities as a seasoning and as a preservative.

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Mark 9:50 "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

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Greek Heb.

217

halas and hala; from 251; salt:--salt(8).

233

halizô; from 251; to salt:--made salty(1), salted(1).

444

anthrôpos; prob. from 435 and ôps (eye, face); a man, human, mankind:--any(1), anyone(1), child(1), enemy*(1), everyone*(1), fellow(1), friend(1), human(5), human judgment(1), human relations(1), king*(1), Man(89), man(232), man's(8), mankind(5), men(164), men's(2), nobleman*(1), one*(3), others(4), people(13), people*(1), person(2), persons(1), self(4).

906

ballô; a prim. word; to throw, cast:--bring(2), cast(15), casting(3), casts(3), contributors(1), laid(1), lying(3), lying sick(1), place(1), poured(4), put(22), puts(2), putting(4), rushed(1), swung(2), threw(12), throw(16), thrown(27), tossing(1).

1093

gê; a prim. word; the earth, land:--country(2), earth(165), earthly(1), ground(20), land(46), soil(16).

1437

ean; contr. from 1487 and 302; if (a conditional particle used like 1487, but usually with the Gr. subjunctive mood):--case(1), everyone(1), except*(1), if(222), if*(2), or*(1), though(2), unless*(34), whatever*(22), when(2), whenever*(2), wherever*(8), whether*(1), whoever*(17), whomever*(2).

1508

ei mê; from 1487 and 3361; if not:--except(40), except*(1), more than(1), unless(1).

1722

en; a prim. prep. denoting position and by impl. instrumentality; in, on, at, by, with:--about(3), afterwards*(2), along(1), amid(1), among(124), among*(4), because(3), before(1), before*(3), besides(1), between*(1), case(2), child*(4), circumstance(1), circumstances(1), conscious*(1), death*(1), during(7), earnestly*(1), free*(1), had(1), here*(2), how*(1), means(1), outwardly*(1), over(1), there*(2), through(18), throughout(4), together(1), under(5), under...circumstances(1), undisturbed*(1), until*(1), way(4), when(19), when*(3), where*(2), while(19), while*(3), within(14), within*(1).

2089

eti; a prim. adv.; still, yet:--after(1), any longer(7), anymore(4), besides(1), further(4), longer(15), more(6), moreover*(1), still(43), yes(2), yet(8).

2480

ischuô; from 2479; to be strong, have power:--able(5), am...strong enough(1), been able(1), can(1), can do(1), could(8), force(1), good(1), healthy(2), means(1), overpowered(1), prevailing(1), strong enough(3), unable*(2).

2662

katapateô; from 2596 and 3961; to tread down:--stepping(1), trample...under(1), trampled under foot(3).

3471

môrainô; from 3474; to be foolish:--became fools(1), become tasteless(2), made foolish(1).

3762

oudeis and outheis,
oudemia,
ouden and outhen; from 3761 and 1520; no one, none:--all(1), any(7), anyone(9), anything(7), cannot*(1), never*(1), no(26), no...anything(1), no such thing(1), no man(3), no one(87), no one's(1), no respect(1), no*(6), nobody(1), none(12), none*(1), nothing(45), nothing at all(1), nothing nothing(1), nothing*(7), one(10), one*(3), useless*(1), worthless(1).

5101

tis; an interrog. pron. related to 5100; who? which? what?:--anything(1), how(7), how*(2), person(1), something(3), suppose one(2), what(266), what each(1), what*(5), which(24), which one(3), who(128), whom(16), whose(6), why(70), why*(33).

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