13. Naaman’s servants came up to him and spoke to him: "Our father, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? All he said to you was, ‘Wash and become clean.’"
14. So Naaman went down and bathed in the Jordan seven times, just as the man of God had said. His skin was restored like that of a young boy, and he became clean.
15. He returned to the man of God with all his attendants. He came and stood before Elisha, saying, "Now I know for certain that there’s no God anywhere on earth except in Israel. Please accept a gift from your servant."
16. But Elisha said, "I swear by the life of the Lord I serve that I won’t accept anything."Naaman urged Elisha to accept something, but he still refused.
17. Then Naaman said, "If not, then let me, your servant, have two mule loads of earth. Your servant will never again offer entirely burned offerings or sacrifices to any other gods except the Lord.
18. But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master comes into Rimmon’s temple to bow down there and is leaning on my arm, I must also bow down in Rimmon’s temple. When I bow down in Rimmon’s temple, may the Lord forgive your servant for doing that."
19. Elisha said to him, "Go in peace."But when Naaman had gone some distance from Elisha,
20. Gehazi (who was the servant of Elisha the man of God) thought, My master let this Aramean Naaman off the hook by not accepting the gift he brought! As surely as the Lord lives, I’ll go after him and accept something from him.