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2 Kings 4:2
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“Maybe there's something I can do to help,” Elisha said. “What do you have in your house?” “Sir, I have nothing but a small bottle of olive oil.”
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2 Kings 4:1
One day the widow of one of the LORD's prophets said to Elisha, “You know that before my husband died, he was a follower of yours and a worshiper of the LORD. But he owed a man some money, and now that man is on his way to take my two sons as his slaves.”
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2 Kings 4:3
Elisha told her, “Ask your neighbors for their empty jars. And after you've borrowed as many as you can
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2 Kings 4:4
go home and shut the door behind you and your sons. Then begin filling the jars with oil and set each one aside as you fill it.”
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2 Kings 4:6
At last, she said to one of her sons, “Bring me another jar.” “We don't have any more,” he answered, and the oil stopped flowing from the small bottle.
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2 Kings 4:7
After she told Elisha what had happened, he said, “Sell the oil and use part of the money to pay what you owe the man. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
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2 Kings 4:5
The woman left. Later, when she and her sons were back inside their house, the two sons brought her the jars, and she began filling them.
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2 Kings 4:34
Then he got on the bed and stretched out over the dead body, with his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hand on his hands. As he lay there, the boy's body became warm.
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