1. The widow of a member of a group of prophets went to Elisha and said, “Sir, my husband has died! As you know, he was a God-fearing man, but now a man he owed money to has come to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.”
2. “What shall I do for you?” he asked. “Tell me, what have you got at home?”“Nothing at all, except a small jar of olive oil,” she answered.
3. “Go to your neighbours and borrow as many empty jars as you can,” Elisha told her.
4. “Then you and your sons go into the house, close the door, and start pouring oil into the jars. Set each one aside as soon as it is full.”