2 Kings 4:2-7

Christian Standard Bible

² Elisha asked her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?”

She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”^(A)

³ Then he said, “Go out and borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Do not get just a few.^{(B) 4} Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side.” ⁵ So she left.

After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.^{(C) 6} When they were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.”

But he replied, “There aren’t any more.” Then the oil stopped.

⁷ She went and told the man of God,^(D) and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”^(E)