2 Kings 4:1-7 (New International Version)

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The Widow's Oil

1 The wife of a man from the company¹ of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor² is coming to take my two boys as his slaves." 2 Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil."³ 3 Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side." 5 She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God,⁴ and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left."

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