MARK—NOTE ON Mark 9:49 Everyone will be salted with fire is a puzzling statement that occurs only in Mark. In view of Leviticus 2:13, “with all your offerings you shall offer salt,” perhaps the best interpretation is that believers are being offered to God (compare Romans 12:1), and the fire with which they will be “salted” is purification by the “fire” of suffering and hardship.

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