Common English Bible

2 Kings 4:4-8 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. Then go in and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all those containers. Set each one aside when it’s full."

5. She left Elisha and closed the door behind her and her sons. They brought her containers as she kept on pouring.

6. When she had filled the containers, she said to her son, "Bring me another container."He said to her, "There aren’t any more." Then the oil stopped flowing,

7. and she reported this to the man of God.He said, "Go! Sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what remains."

8. One day Elisha went to Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She urged him to eat something, so whenever he passed by, he would stop in to eat some food.