New King James Version
Luke 14:34
34“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?
Luke 14:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
- New International Version (NIV)“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again?
Context of Luke 14:34
32Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. “Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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Καλὸν οὖν τὸ ἅλας· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ, ἐν τίνι ἀρτυθήσεται;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 14:34
- Luke 2:13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
- Matthew 5:13“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
- Mark 9:49“For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
- Hebrews 2:4God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
Commentaries on Luke 14:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Salt is good - See on Matthew 5:13; (note), and Mark 9:50; (note). On the subject referred to this place from Luke 14:23, Compel them to come in, which has been adduced to favor religious persecution, I find the following sensible and just observations in Dr. Dodd's notes. "1st. Persecution for conscience' sake, that is, inflicting penalty upon men merely for their religious principles or worship, is plainly founded on a supposition that one man has a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34See the Matthew 5:13 note; Mark 9:49-50 notes. Salt is good - It is useful. It is good to preserve life and health, and to keep from putrefaction. His savour - Its saltness. It becomes tasteless or insipid. Be seasoned - Be salted again. Fit for the land - Rather, it is not fit “for land,” that is, it will not bear fruit of itself. You cannot sow or plant on it. Nor for the dunghill - It is not good for manure. It will not enrich the land, Cast it out…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour explains this by two similitudes; the former showing that we must consider the expenses of our religion; the latter, that we must consider the perils of it. Sit down and count the cost; consider it will cost the mortifying of sin, even the most beloved…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34Salt … if the salt loses its savor: Sodium chloride cannot actually lose its saltiness. Jesus might be speaking hypothetically (if salt were to lose), or he might be referring to a combination of minerals that included salt. The salt around the Dead Sea was a mixture of sodium chloride and other minerals. If the sodium chloride dissolved or was removed, the remaining material still looked like salt but no longer tasted salty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3534-35. Salt, &c.--(See on Mt 5:13-16; and Mr 9:50).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 14
- 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- 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
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