Then he sent two of his disciples, and told them. "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jar of water.

"Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying,

Then the woman left her water-jar, and went away into the city and began saying to the people.

There was a jar full of vinegar standing there; and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon a stalk of hyssop, and put it to his lips.

But others were saying with jeer, "These men are full of sweet wine."

After hauling it aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and since they were fearful lest they should be driven upon the Syrtes, they lowered the gear and lay to.