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Salt … if the salt loses its savor: Sodium chloride cannot actually lose its saltiness. Jesus might be speaking hypothetically (if salt were to lose), or he might be referring to a combination of minerals that included salt. The salt around the Dead Sea was a mixture of sodium chloride and other minerals. If the sodium chloride dissolved or was removed, the remaining material still looked like salt but no longer tasted salty.
large crowds were traveling with Jesus: Jesus was very popular, but he was about to teach that the cost of following him was also very high.
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Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Manuring Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Jesus, the Christ: Teaches the Multitude the Conditions of Discipleship (In Peraea) Manure used As Fertilizer Parables: Parables of Christ: Savour of Salt Proverbs: Miscellany of Salt of the Saving Efficacy of the Ekklesia of Christ