Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.
Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end.
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