Matthew 5:13

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.

Cross-reference

Matthew 25:30 describes a worthless servant thrown outside — echoing the fate of salt that loses its saltiness and is thrown out.

Mark 9:50 Parallel

Mark 9:50 gives the same warning about salt losing its taste, adding 'have salt among yourselves' — a direct parallel to the salt metaphor.

Luke 14:34 Parallel

In Luke 14:34, the identical saying about salt losing its saltiness confirms this teaching across Gospels.

Luke 14:35 Parallel

Luke 14:35 continues, describing salt's worthlessness for soil or manure — the same uselessness as being thrown out.

In Colossians 4:6, Paul uses the same salt metaphor for gracious speech—applying Jesus' salt-of-the-earth concept to conversation.

Ezekiel 15:3 asks if vine wood is useful for anything — same logic as salt that is good for nothing but being thrown out.

In Leviticus 2:13, salt symbolizes the enduring covenant—providing OT background that deepens Jesus' metaphor of disciples as salt.

Ezekiel 43:24 prescribes salt on offerings — in Matthew 5:13, disciples as 'salt of the earth' echo this preserving role.

Ecclesiastes 10:1 compares dead flies spoiling ointment to folly ruining honor — a parallel to a little corruption spoiling something good.

Jeremiah 6:30 calls Israel 'rejected silver' because God rejects them — thematically parallel to salt being thrown out as worthless.

Mark 9:49 Parallel

In Mark 9:49, 'salted with fire' extends the salt metaphor to purification through judgment, linking saltiness to disciple testing.

Hebrews 6:4-6 warns of those who fall away after tasting grace — thematically parallel to salt losing its essential nature and being discarded.

2 Peter 2:20 describes those who escape corruption but are entangled again — a parallel apostasy warning like salt becoming worthless.

2 Peter 2:21 adds that knowing the way then turning back is worse — echoing the irreversibility of salt's loss.

Jeremiah 24:2 depicts worthless figs — paralleling salt that loses its saltiness and is thrown out as useless.