Then the seamen were afraid, and each man cried to his god. And they threw out the ship's articles in the ship, into the sea in order to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship; and he lay there, and was fast asleep.

For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

And the unjust steward's lord commended him because he had done wisely. For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

But whatever things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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And let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

But whatever things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.