2Kings:4:1-7
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2Kings:4:1 @
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha ,
saying ,
Thy servant my husband is dead ;
and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah :
and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen .
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2Kings:4:2 @
And Elisha said unto her ,
What shall I do for thee ?
tell me ;
what hast thou in the house ?
And she said ,
Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house ,
save a pot of oil .
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2Kings:4:3 @
Then he said ,
Go ,
borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors ,
even empty vessels ;
borrow not a few .
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2Kings:4:4 @
And thou shalt go in ,
and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons ,
and pour out into all those vessels ;
and thou shalt set aside that which is full .
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2Kings:4:5 @
So she went from him ,
and shut the door upon her and upon her sons ;
they brought the vessels to her ,
and she poured out .
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2Kings:4:6 @
And it came to pass ,
when the vessels were full ,
that she said unto her son ,
Bring me yet a vessel .
And he said unto her ,
There is not a vessel more .
And the oil stayed .
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2Kings:4:7 @
Then she came and told the man of God .
And he said ,
Go ,
sell the oil ,
and pay thy debt ,
and live thou and thy sons of the rest .