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Reading: II Kings 4:1-7
(Amplified)
NOW THE
wife of a son of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is
dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. But the creditor has come
to take my two sons to be his slaves."
Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what
have you of sale value in the house?"
She said, "Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a jar
of oil."
Then he said,
"Go around and borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels--and not a
few. And when you come in, shut the door upon you and your sons. Then pour out
the oil you have into all those vessels, setting aside each one when it is
full."
So she went
from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons, who brought to her the
vessels as she poured the oil.
When the vessels were all full, she said to her son, "Bring me
another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not a one left." Then the oil
stopped multiplying.
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the
oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons live on the rest."
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