Mark 9:50

Mark 9:50 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
• New International Version (NIV)“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.”

Context of Mark 9:50

48“In hell, the worms do not die, and the fire never goes out.” 49God will put fire on everybody, as people put salt on food. Salt is good. But if your salt is not salty any more, you cannot make it salty again. You should be like good salt and love each other. Do not cause trouble among yourselves.’

Mark 9:50 word by word

καλὸν τὸ ἅλας· ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἅλας ἄναλον γένηται, ἐν τίνι αὐτὸ ἀρτύσετε; ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἅλα καὶ εἰρηνεύετε ἐν ἀλλήλοις.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Saltὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Saltἅλαςhalas · saltG217
• goodκαλόςkalos · goodG2570
• butδέde · thenG1161
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• have lost his saltnessγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• have lost his saltnessἄναλοςanalos · unsaltyG358
• wherewithἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• wherewithτίςtis · which?G5101
• will ye seasonἀρτύωartuō · to seasonG741
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• yourselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• have peaceεἰρηνεύωeirēneuō · be at peaceG1514
• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240

Cross-references for Mark 9:50

• Job 6:6You cannot enjoy food that has no salt in it. The white part of an egg is not nice to eat on its own.
• Matthew 5:13Jesus said, ‘You are like salt for all people to taste and use. Salt is good. But if it is not salty any more, you cannot make it salty again. People can no longer use it for anything. They just throw it away and they walk on it.
• Luke 14:34Remember this. Salt is good. But if it is not salty any more, it is no longer any good. You cannot make it salty again.
• Ephesians 4:29Do not say bad things that hurt or insult people. Instead, say only good things that will help people. Your words should help people to become strong when they hear them.
• Colossians 4:6When you speak to people, always speak kind words. Say things that will help them. Then, when someone asks you a question, you will know how to reply.
• Psalms 34:14Do good things instead of evil things. Try to bring peace into people's lives.
• Psalms 133:1It is good for a family of God's people to live together in peace. Yes! It brings great pleasure!
• John 13:34I give a new rule to you. Love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you.
• John 15:17This is what I tell you to do: You must love each other.’
• Romans 12:18If it is possible, try always to be friends with other people.
• Romans 14:17We belong to God's people and he is our King. The things that we eat and drink are not really important to him. This is important: We should do what is right. We should have peace in our minds. And we should be truly happy. God's Holy Spirit helps us to live like that.
• 2 Corinthians 13:11Now I say ‘goodbye’ to you, my Christian friends. Do only what is right. Let my message make you strong. Agree with each other. Live together in peace. I pray that God will be with you. He is the one who loves us and gives us peace in our minds.
• Galatians 5:14One rule brings together all the rules in God's Law. That one rule says: ‘Love other people as much as you love yourself.’
• Ephesians 4:2Do not think that you are better than other people. Always be kind and patient with each other. Love one another, so that you do not quickly become angry with each other.
• Philippians 1:27The most important thing is that you continue to live in a good way. Live in the way that the good news about Christ teaches. I want to know that you agree together about the good news. And that you work together to show others that the good news is true. Whether I come to visit you or not, I want to know that you all help one another like that.
• Philippians 2:1You belong to Christ, and he makes you brave. His love makes you strong. You are able to help one another because his Spirit is in you. You can be kind to each other, and you can forgive each other.

Commentaries on Mark 9:50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 50If the salt have lost his saltness - See on Matthew 5:13; (note). Have salt in yourselves - See that ye have at all times the preserving principle of Divine grace in your hearts, and give that proof of it which will satisfy your own minds, and convince or silence the world: live in brotherly kindness and peace with each other: thus shall all men see that you are free from ambition, (see Mark 9:34;), and that you are my disciples indeed. That it is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42-50Verses 42-50 See the notes at Matthew 18:7-9. Millstone. See Matthew 18:6. Mark 9:44-46 Their worm - This figure is taken from Isaiah 66:24. See the notes at that passage. In describing the great prosperity. of the kingdom of the Messiah, Isaiah says that the people of God “shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against God.” Their enemies would be overcome. They would be slain. The people of God would triumph. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-50Verses 41-50 It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it is beyond compare better to undergo all possible pain, hardship, and self-denial here, and to be happy for ever hereafter, than to enjoy all kinds of worldly pleasure for a season, and to be miserable for ever. Like the sacrifices, we must be salted…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-50salted with fire: The fire of testing has a purifying effect, like salt (see also 1 Peter 1:7; 4:12; Revelation 3:18). Salt also refers to Christian character. Genuine Christian character will have a genuinely purifying influence. but if the salt loses its saltiness: Salt from the Dead Sea often contained gypsum, a soft mineral. Because of this, it could look like good salt but still be useless. It did not taste salty, and people could not easily throw it…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5050. Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his saltness--its power to season what it is brought into contact with. wherewith will ye season it?--How is this property to be restored? See on Mt 5:13. Have salt in yourselves--See to it that ye retain in yourselves those precious qualities that will make you a blessing to one another, and to all around you. and--with respect to the miserable strife out of which all this discourse has sprung, in one…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 9:50

• Backsliders
• Commandments
• Ecclesiasticism
• Holiness
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Meekness
• Peace
• Salt

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Commentaries on Mark 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings