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Matthew 5:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 5:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 (A)“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.[a]
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- 5:13 The unusual supposition of salt losing its flavor has led some to suppose that the saying refers to the salt of the Dead Sea that, because chemically impure, could lose its taste.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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