And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the {contents} that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And [meanwhile] Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep.

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

General references

The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

For life is more than food, and the body [more than] clothing.

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.