Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists Matthew Mark and Luke John Calvin (continued)
Matthew 5:13-16;Mark 9:49-50; 4:21;Luke 14:34-35; 8:16;
11:33
MATTHEW 5:13-16; MARK 9:49-50; 4:21;
LUKE 14:34-35; 8:16; 11:33
Matthew 5:13-16
Mark 9:49-50
Luke 14:34-35
13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if salt shall become tasteless, 372 with what shall it be salted? 373 It is good for nothing farther, than to be thrown out and trodden down by men. 14. Ye are the light of the world: a city placed upon a mountain cannot be hid. 15. Neither do men light a candle, and put it upon a bushel but upon a candlestick, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16. Let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in heaven.
49. For every (man) shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50. Salt is a good thing: but if salt shall become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? Have salt in yourselves, and cultivate peace with one another.
Mark 4:21
21. And he said to them, Is a candle lighted, that it may be put under a bushel, or under a bed? Is it not that it may be put on a candlestick?
34. Salt is good: but if salt shall have become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? 35. It is not useful either for the land 374 or for the dunghill: they throw it out. He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 8:16
16. And no man, when he hath lighted a candle, covered it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed, but putteth it on a candlestick, that those who enter may see the light.
372"Ou, s'evente;" — "or, is spoiled." 373"Ou, luy rendra-on sa saveur?" — "or, shall its taste be restored to it?" (Leviticus 2:13.) 374"Il n'est propre ne (pour mettre) en la terre, ni au fumier." — "It is not fit either (to put) on the land, nor on the dunghill."