Matthew 5:13

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:13-16

Matthew 5:13-16 Influence of Christian Character. I. Christians such Christians as those to whom the Beatitudes of the previous verses belong are called to be, and will be, the "salt of the earth," and they are exhorted not to let "the salt" lose its savour. Two things seem to be involved in these words: (1) Salt gives relish to what would otherwise be tasteless or unpleasant; and Christ's people are, if we may so speak, the relishing element in the world, which prevents it from being loathsome... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 5:13

DISCOURSE: 1295CHRISTIANS THE SALT OF THE EARTHMatthew 5:13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but. if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.LITTLE do the world think how much they are indebted to those very saints whom they “revile and persecute for righteousness’ sake [Note: ver. 11.].” The extirpation of them (which is so much desired by many) would leave the world an entire mass of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:1-48

Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five,And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, and he taught them, saying, ( Matthew 5:1-2 ).The first thing to notice is that this Sermon on the Mount is not for everybody. The Sermon on the Mount was not for the multitudes. Jesus is not here talking to the multitudes, he is talking to his disciples and unless a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 5:1-48

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon them, not for distinction of dress and rank, these being vain in the eyes of heaven: he looked for those whom the world overlook, he looked for his Father’s image in the crowd, the poor in spirit, the mourners, and the meek. Matthew 5:3 . Blessed are the poor in spirit. These characters are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 5:13

Matthew 5:13Salt of the earth. The elect of GodI. Here is Christ’s sublime definition of the Christian life, and of those who compose His Church. The Church exists for the world’s sake more than for its own. Christ’s disciples are to be saviours of others.II. Is not this the doctrine of election as our Saviour understood it? God’s people are chosen, not for their own comfort, but to show men the beauty of the Divine life, and to raise them to the same level.III. It is quality more than quantity... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:13

13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ver. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth ] As salt keepeth flesh from putrefying, so do the saints the world: and are therefore sprinkled up and down (here one and there one) to keep the rest from rotting. Suillo pecori anima pro sale data, quae carnem servaret, ne putresceret, saith Varro. Swine and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 5:13

the salt: Leviticus 2:13, Colossians 4:6 if: Mark 9:49, Mark 9:50, Luke 14:34, Luke 14:35, Hebrews 6:4-Joshua :, 2 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 2:21 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:33 - and he trode Ecclesiastes 10:1 - a little Jeremiah 6:30 - Reprobate silver Jeremiah 24:2 - naughty Ezekiel 15:3 - General Ezekiel 16:6 - polluted Ezekiel 43:24 - cast salt Matthew 25:30 - cast Luke 8:5 - it Acts 8:1 - and they Revelation 11:2 - tread read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 5:13

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.Ye — Not the apostles, not ministers only; but all ye who are thus holy, are the salt of the earth - Are to season others. Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:13

13. Ye This must have been addressed especially to the apostles, who doubtless formed the front circle immediately around our Lord. Indeed, Matthew 5:12 seems to show that the benedictions were addressed to them. Yet the multitudes, as listeners, were entitled to appropriate their share. Salt of the earth The earth, the living world of men, is like a piece of meat, which would putrify, but that the grace and Gospel of God, like salt, arrests the decay, and purifies and preserves it. The... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

3 . Duties enjoined upon the blessed ones, Matthew 5:13-16. Thus far we have in Matthew benedictions. We have now commands or injunctions. The blessed ones are compared to salt, and to light; as the former, they must purify and preserve; as the latter, they must illuminate. read more

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