2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# You are the salt of the earth
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2024-02-16 16:15:50 +00:00
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"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."
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# if the salt has lost its taste
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-06-29 20:33:21 +00:00
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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."
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# how can it be made salty again?
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2024-02-16 16:15:50 +00:00
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"it cannot become useful again."
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-06-29 20:33:21 +00:00
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"except for people to throw it out into the road and walk on it"
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