Lost its savour (μωρανθη). The verb is from μωρος (dull, sluggish, stupid, foolish) and means to play the fool, to become foolish,…

Ye are the salt of the earth. Salt makes food pleasant and palatable, and preserves it from decay. So Christians, by their lives and teach…

You are the salt of the earth — The words are spoken to the disciples in their ideal character, as the germ of a new Israel, called…

You are the salt of the earth:

The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve it. So, dear friends, if God's …

St. John Chrysostom: After He had given His Apostles such sublime precepts—so much greater than the precepts of the Law—He soo…

In this verse and v.14, “You” is emphatic—“You, my followers and none others, are the salt of the earth.” Salt was used in the ancient world to fla…

You are the salt of the earth. What belongs to doctrine is applied to the persons to whom the administration of it has been committed. Whe…

You are the salt of the earth
This is to be understood of the disciples and apostles of Christ; who might be compared to "salt…

You are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and wickedness, was like a vast heap, ready to putrefy; but Christ sent forth h…

You are the salt of the earth. The Lord showed the Apostles’ dignity in that in tribulations they ought not only to be pa…