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25 Gehazi came and stood by his master. ‘Where did you go, Gehazi? ’ Elisha asked him.

He replied, ‘Your servant didn’t go anywhere.’

26 ‘And my heart didn’t go[a](A) when the man got down from his chariot to meet you,’ Elisha said. ‘Is this a time to accept silver and clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, flocks and herds, and male and female slaves? 27 Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants for ever.’ So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased, resembling snow.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:26 Or ‘Did not my heart go
  2. 5:27 A reference to whiteness or flakiness of the skin