Mark 9:50 (WEB)

Passage

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Nearby Context

Mark 9:48 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ Isaiah 66:24

Mark 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "salt", "good", "lost", "saltiness", "season", and "yourselves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "salt" and "good", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "For everyone will be salted with fire...", giving immediate footing for "salt" and "good". In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "salt" and "good" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.