My father was also a good and honest person. People said he was the salt of the earth. He would never pour salt on a wound, or make someone feel worse about something that was already a painful experience.

爸爸也是一个诚实的好人。人们说他是个“高尚的人”（the salt of the earth）。他从不在伤口上撒盐（pour salt on a wound），即不会让人对已经很痛苦的经历感到更糟。

" We produce a Christ who can raise up the leper—and presently the breed of the leper is the salt of the earth. If any one can find any lesson in that, let him stand forth" .

“我们产生了一位可以治愈麻风病人的基督——现在麻风病人的品种是世上的盐。如果有人能从中找到任何教训， 让他站出来” 。

Jesus said that believers are the “salt of the earth”, which might sound weird to a modern audience as most people know that if you salt a patch of earth, it pretty much destroys its ability to grow crops.

耶稣说信徒是“地上的盐”，这对现代听众来说可能听起来很奇怪，因为大多数人都知道，如果你在一块地上撒盐，它几乎会破坏它种植庄稼的能力。