Mark 9:50

“Salt is good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.””

Mark 9:50 · direct translation from the Greek
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Mark 9:50, word by word

Saltἅλαςhalas

salt

Salt.

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is goodκαλὸνkalon

beautiful

Lovely to look at.

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becomesγένηταιgenētai

become

To turn into something new, different from before.

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saltlessἄναλονanalon

saltless

Without salt, tasteless.

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will you seasonἀρτύσετεartysete

season

Season.

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Haveἔχετεechete

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

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be at peaceεἰρηνεύετεeirēneuete

be at peace

Live in peace.

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one anotherἀλλήλοιςallēlois

one another

One another, each other.

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Parallel passages

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Salt of the earth

Matthew 5:13Luke 14:34-35

A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.

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Mark 9:49-50

49For everyone will be salted with fire. 50Salt is good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Matthew 5:13

13“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be salted? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown out and trampled by people.

Luke 14:34-35

34Salt then is good; but if even the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? 35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Causes of stumbling

Matthew 18:6-9Luke 17:1-2

A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.

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Mark 9:42-50

42And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be far better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed than having the two hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. 44where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than having the two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. 46where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47And if your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, 48where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 49For everyone will be salted with fire. 50Salt is good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Matthew 18:6-9

6But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea. 7Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For it is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes! 8And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. 9And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter into life with one eye than having two eyes to be thrown into fiery Gehenna.

Luke 17:1-2

1And he said to his disciples, “It is impossible that stumbling blocks should not come; but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

The context

49For everyone will be salted with fire.

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  1. 1. What it says

    What did the boy's father say to Jesus, and how did Jesus answer him (vv. 22–24)?

  2. 2. What it means

    How does Jesus respond when the disciples argue about who is greatest (vv. 33–37)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    The father said, “I believe; help my unbelief” (v. 24). What doubt of yours can you bring to him honestly?

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