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[BSC], epilog to the ten beatitudes [Ed (p. 529)], the witness of the kingdom [EBC]. You(pl) are the salta of-the earth;b LEXICON—a. ἄλας (LN 5.25) (BAGD 2. p. 35): ‘salt’ [BAGD, LN, Mor, NTC, WBC; all versions]. b. γῆ (LN 9.22) (BAGD 5.b. p. 157): ‘earth’ [BAGD, Mor, NTC, WBC; all versions except NJB, REB, TEV], ‘world’ [NJB, REB], ‘the whole human race’ [TEV], ‘everyone on the earth’ [CEV], ‘all mankind’ [LN]. It refers to the inhabited globe and means the inhabitants of the earth [BAGD].
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