matthew-5:13

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 5:1-42

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great crowd of people and among them His own disciples. As He looked into those hungry faces He saw the same needs there, that we would see in any audience today. The one yearning of their hearts was that they might find happiness. They had failed. Many thought that wealth would make them happy. They had been... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:13

THE CHRISTIAN IN SOCIETY‘Ye are the salt of the earth.’ Matthew 5:13 Our present topic is the Christian in society. The words of the text were spoken to those whose social surroundings were far less favourable than ours. We may indeed be thankful that for us the world around us is not so vile a world as it was then. I. The Christian’s mission.—The Christian has a definite mission for society. He is to become its salt, to preserve it from corruption. Whether men will hear or whether they will... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:10-16

The Persecution of the Godly, And the Blessedness That Is Seen To Be Theirs As A Result. They Will Therefore Be Like The Prophets Of Old Who Were Also Persecuted, And Will Be The Salt Of The Earth And The Light Of The World (5:10-16). It will be noted that we have not included Matthew 5:10 in the above series of beatitudes, even though it appears to follow precisely the same pattern, and in spite of the fact that at first sight it appears to be the tail end of an inclusio made up of ‘theirs is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth, But if the salt have lost its savour, With what will it be salted? It is from then on good for nothing, But to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.” ‘You are the salt of the earth.’ While these salts were sometimes used as fertiliser they were not very effective as such, and that idea is probably not intended here. The meaning rather is that the disciples are like salt among the people of the world, and the thought of its uniqueness is in mind. There is no... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13-14

The Disciples Are The Salt Of The Earth (5:13-14). Jesus’ first declaration about His disciples is that they are the salt of the earth. And this is then followed by a grave warning. For it is possible for (Palestinian) salt to lose its savour. And then what will the result be? It will be fit for nothing but to be thrown away to become the equivalent of the dust under men’s feet. Analysis of Matthew 5:13-14 . a “You are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13 a). b But if the salt have lost... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13-16

Rather Than Deserving Reproach And Calumniation They Are to Be The Salt of the Earth and the Light of the World (5:13-16). Having commenced His sermon by revealing what the disciples are, by virtue of God’s active work within them (His ‘blessing)’, and having warned them against persecution as a consequence, in a similar way to the prophets, Jesus now explains the significance of it for them in the context of the world. They are present in the world in their new state as preserving salt and as... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13-17

Matthew 5:13-Haggai : . Mt. here brings together material ( a) found scattered in Lk., ( b) peculiar to himself. Matthew 5:13-Nehemiah : . Salt and Light.— Good men are not only rewarded in the coming age, they help the world now and save it from both insipidity and corruption. To appreciate the value of salt one must live in a land where it is rare, and much more highly prized than sugar. The second clause of Matthew 5:13 ( cf. Mark 9:50, Luke 14:34) was a current proverb; salt was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 5:13

In our Christian course we are not to trouble ourselves with what men say of us, and do unto us, but only to attend to our duty of holiness, and an exemplary life, which is what our Saviour presseth plainly, Matthew 5:16, and leads his hearers to it by four comparisons, which he institutes between them and four other things. The first we have in this verse, Ye are the salt of the earth: the doctrine which you profess is so, a thing as opposite as can be to the putrefaction of the world, both in... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

CRITICAL NOTESGENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNTThe aim and contents of the “Sermon.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and power; it stands alone as the grand charter of the commonwealth of heaven; or, to keep the simple title the Evangelist himself suggests (Matthew 4:23), it is “the gospel (or good news) of the kingdom.” To understand it aright we must keep this in mind, avoiding the easy method of treating it as a mere series... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:13

Matthew 5:13 Consider: I. The high task of Christ's disciples as here set forth. "Ye are the salt of the earth." The metaphor wants very little explanation. It involves two things: a grave judgment as to the actual state of society, and a lofty claim as to what Christ's followers are able to do to it. Society is corrupt, and tending to corruption. You do not salt a living thing; you salt a dead one, that it may not be a rotting one. (1) Salt does its work by being brought into close contact... read more

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 5:1-42

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:10-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13-16

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13-17

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 5:13

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:13

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