Luke 14:34

“Salt is good, etc.] (See Gill on “<400513>Matthew 5:13”), (see Gill on “<411050>Mark 10:50”).”

“Salt, &c.--(See on Mat 5:13-16; and Mar 9:50). Next: Luke Chapter 15”

“See the Matthew 5:13 note; Mark 9:49-50 notes. Salt is good - It is useful. It is good to preserve life and health, and to keep from putrefaction. His savour - Its saltness. It becomes tasteless or insipid. Be seasoned - Be salted again. Fit for the land - Rather, it is not fit “for land,” that is, it will not bear fruit of itself. You cannot sow or plant on it. Nor for the dunghill - It is not good for manure. It will not enrich the land, Cast it out - They throw it away as useless. He that hath ears ... - See Matthew 11:15. You are to understand that he that has not grace in his heart; who merely makes a profession of religion, and who sustains the same relation to true piety that this…”

“Salt - Every Christian, but more eminently every minister. Mat 5:13; Mar 9:50. Next: Luke Chapter 15”

“14:34 Salt . . . if it loses its flavor: 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. When the sodium chloride was removed, what was left behind was “salt” without saltiness.”

“Salt: Common salt, or muriate of soda, consists of soda in combination with muriatic acid, and is for the most part an artificial preparation from sea water, though found in some countries in a solid and massive state. See particularly Lev 2:13. but: Mat 5:13; Mar 9:49, Mar 9:50; Col 4:6; Heb 2:4-8 Luke 14:35”