The violent storm continued, so on the next day they began to throw some of the ship's cargo overboard,

and on the following day they threw part of the ship's equipment overboard.

Satan replied, "A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.

The sailors were terrified and cried out for help, each one to his own god. Then, in order to lessen the danger, they threw the cargo overboard. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone below and was lying in the ship's hold, sound asleep.

"This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.