Matthew 5:13
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”Matthew 5:13
What Does Matthew 5:13 Mean?
Matthew 5:13 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 13 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Matthew 5:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Colossians 4:6“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”Luke 14:34“Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?”Mark 9:49“For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.”Leviticus 2:13“And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.”Hebrews 6:4“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,”2 Peter 2:20“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.”Mark 9:50“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.”Ecclesiastes 10:1“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.”Ezekiel 16:6“And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.”Ezekiel 43:24“And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.”Luke 8:5“A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.”2 Kings 9:33“And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.”Jeremiah 6:30“Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.”Jeremiah 24:2“One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”Ezekiel 15:3“Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?”Matthew 25:30“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Acts 8:1“And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.”Revelation 11:2“But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.”
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