Acts 27:38

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and after everyone had eaten, they threw the cargo of wheat into the sea to make the ship lighter.

Cross References

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,

Jonah 1:5

The sailors were frightened, and they all started praying to their gods. They even threw the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. All this time, Jonah was down below deck, sound asleep.

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Matthew 4:18

While Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers. One was Simon, also known as Peter, and the other was Andrew. They were fishermen, and they were casting their net into the lake.

Matthew 6:25

I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?

Luke 12:23

Life is more than food or clothing.

Hebrews 12:1

Such a large crowd of witnesses is all around us! So we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially the sin that just won't let go. And we must be determined to run the race that is ahead of us.