Mark 9:50

50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

Mark 9:50 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
NLT
50 Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other.”
MSG
50 but you'll be well-preserved, protected from the eternal flames. Be preservatives yourselves. Preserve the peace."
CSB
50 Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another."

Mark 9:50 In-Context

48 where “ ‘the worms that eat them do not die,and the fire is not quenched.’
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

Cross References 3

  • 1. Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34,35
  • 2. Colossians 4:6
  • 3. Romans 12:18; 2 Corinthians 13:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:13
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