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Matthew 5:13

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

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Matthew 5:13 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 4:6 (146 votes) and Luke 14:34–35 (123 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Leviticus 2 to Revelation 11.

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Which verses does Matthew 5:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Colossians 4:6146 votes

    Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

  2. Luke 14:34–35123 votes

    Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

  3. Mark 9:49–50115 votes

    For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

  4. Leviticus 2:1385 votes

    And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

  5. Hebrews 6:4–684 votes

    It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— …

  6. 2 Peter 2:20–2146 votes

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Which verses point to Matthew 5:13?

The 10 strongest of 16.