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1 One of the wives of a disciple of the prophets called to Elisha, |Sir, my husband is dead! You know how he feared the LORD. Now a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.| 2 Elisha asked her, |What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?| She answered, |I have nothing in the house except a jar of olive oil.| 3 Elisha said, |Borrow many empty containers from all your neighbors. 4 Then close the door behind you and your children, and pour oil into all those containers. When one is full, set it aside.| 5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her children. The children kept bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring. 6 When the containers were full, she told her son, |Bring me another container.| He told her, |There are no more containers.| So the olive oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God. He said, |Sell the oil, and pay your debt. The rest is for you and your children.| 2 Kings 4:1-7, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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