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What does it mean to be “the salt of the Earth”?

SW-User · 2021-05-21T20:00:55-05:00

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lostinwoods · 41-45, M Best Comment

The phrase derives from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: “You are the salt of the earth.” (Matthew 5:13) Jesus meant that the common people he was addressing – fishermen, shepherds, laborers – were worthy and virtuous. He was alluding, not to the tang of salt, but to its value.

SW-User

Do you study the Bible?
@lostinwoods

lostinwoods · 41-45, M

@SW-User Not really.
And I am not extremist.