Popular Bible Verses from 2 Kings 4

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Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me what you still have left in the house.” She said, “Your servant has nothing at all in the house except a small jar of oil.”

Now there was a woman who had been married to a member of a group of prophets. She appealed to Elisha, saying, “My husband, your servant, is dead. You know how he feared the LORD. But now someone he owed money to has come to take my two children away as slaves.”

He said, “Go out and borrow containers from all your neighbors. Get as many empty containers as possible.

Then go in and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all those containers. Set each one aside when it’s full.”

When she had filled the containers, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There aren’t any more.” Then the oil stopped flowing

and she reported this to the man of God. He said, “Go! Sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what remains.”

She left Elisha and closed the door behind her and her sons. They brought her containers as she kept on pouring.

He got up on the bed and lay down on top of the child, putting his mouth on the boy’s mouth, his eyes on the boy’s eyes, his hands on the boy’s hands. And as he bent over him, the child’s skin grew warm.