2 Kings 4:2-7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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 neighbours. 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 and sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.’^(E)