Contemporary English Version Anglicised

2 Kings 4:4-8 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

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.”

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.

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.

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.”

8. Once, while Elisha was in the town of Shunem, he met a rich woman who invited him to her home for dinner. After that, whenever he was in Shunem, he would have a meal there with her and her husband.