The disciples must love each other

Mark 9:49-50

A person tastes food to decide whether it needs more salt.

Fire destroys most things, but it does not destroy gold. A person can put metal into a fire to decide whether it is really gold.

God will be the judge of everyone. He will decide whether a person should go to heaven or hell.

So the disciples must not be like other people. The disciples should not argue because they want to be important. Instead, they must be like salt. A cook knows quickly whether there is salt in the food. And people will know quickly that the disciples are God‘s people. They will know this if the disciples love each other (John 13:35).