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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus begins to teach about how his disciples are like salt and light.
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# You are the salt of the earth
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Possible meanings are 1) just as salt makes food good, disciples of Jesus influence the people of the world so that they will be good. AT: "You are like salt for the people of the world" or 2) just as salt preserves food, disciples of Jesus keep people from becoming totally corrupt. AT: "As salt is for food, you are for the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# if the salt has lost its taste
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Possible meanings are 1) "if the salt has lost its power to do things that salt does" or 2) "if the salt has lost its flavor." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# how can it be made salty again?
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"how can it be made useful again?" Jesus uses a question to teach the disciples. AT: "there is no way for it to become useful again." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "except for people to throw it out into the road and walk on it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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