Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me to the Jordan.”(A)

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood observing them at a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan. Elijah took his mantle,(B) rolled it up, and struck the water, which parted to the right and left. Then the two of them crossed over on dry ground.(C)

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