Salt Has Great Meaning in the Hebrew Scriptures, so what was Y’shua saying when He referred to His listeners as the Salt of the Earth? The following is what all those who heard their being called the Salt of the Earth understood the following:

Matthew 5:13. “You are the salt of the Earth: but if the salt would become tasteless, in what way will it become salt again? It is no longer still good except to be thrown outside to be trampled by men. 14. You are the light of the world. A city laid out on a mountain is not able to be hidden: 15. and they do not light a lamp and place it under a peck measure but upon the lamp stand, and it gives light for all those in the house. 16. Your light must now shine like this before all mankind, so that they would see your good deeds and they would glorify your Father, the One in the heavens.”