1 A sad widow said to Elisha, “My man is dead. He loved God. A man wants my two boys to work for him for my money I owe.” 2 Elisha said, “What can I do? What do you have?” She said, “I have only one small jar of oil.” 3 Elisha said, “Go. Ask all neighbors for many empty jars. Get many.” 4 “Go home. Shut the door. Pour oil into each jar. When one is full, put it aside.” ➡️ 5 She did it. Her sons brought jars. She poured oil. ➡️ 6 She said, “Bring one more jar.” He said, “No more.” Then the oil stopped. 7 She told Elisha. He said, “Sell the oil. Pay what you owe. You and your boys can live on the rest.” 8 Elisha went to a town. A kind woman gave him food. He ate there many times. 9 She told her man, “That man is a holy man of God. He comes here a lot.” 10 “Let us make a small room for him. Put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. He can rest here.” ️ 11 One day Elisha came, went to the room, and lay down. ️ 12 Elisha said to his helper, Gehazi, “Call the woman.” She came and stood by. ♀️ 13 Elisha said, “You are so kind. What can we do for you? Talk to the king?” She said, “No, I am fine with my people.” 14 Elisha said, “What can we do?” Gehazi said, “She has no son. Her man is old.” 15 Elisha said, “Call her.” She came and stood in the door. 16 Elisha said, “Next year, you will hold a son.” She said, “Please, do not lie to me.” ❤️ 17 The woman had a baby boy next year, just like Elisha said. 18 The boy grew. One day he went to his dad and the men cutting grain. 19 The boy said, “My head! My head!” The dad said to a helper, “Take him to his mom.” 20 The helper took him to his mom. He sat on her knees till noon. Then he died. 21 She took him to Elisha’s bed, put him there, shut the door, and left. ️ 22 She said to her man, “Please send a helper and a donkey. I will go to the man of God and come back.” 23 He said, “Why today? It is not a special day.” She said, “It will be okay.” 24 She got the donkey ready and said, “Go fast. Do not stop unless I say.” 25 She went to Elisha at a hill. He saw her far away and said, “Look, the woman is coming.” ⛰️ 26 He said, “Run to her. Ask, ‘Are you okay? Is your man okay? Is your child okay?’” She said, “I am okay.” ♂️ 27 She came to Elisha, held his feet. Gehazi tried to stop her. Elisha said, “Let her be. She is very sad.” 28 She said, “Did I ask for a son? I said, ‘Do not lie to me.’” 29 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Take my stick. Go fast. Do not stop to say hi. Put the stick on the boy’s face.” 30 The mom said, “I will not leave you.” So Elisha went with her. ♂️ 31 Gehazi went first, put the stick on the boy’s face. No sound. No wake. He went back and said, “The boy did not wake.” 32 Elisha came to the house. The boy was dead on the bed. ️ 33 Elisha went in, shut the door, and prayed to God. 34 He lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. The boy’s skin got warm. 35 Elisha walked back and forth, then lay on the boy again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. 36 Elisha said, “Call the woman.” She came. He said, “Pick up your son.” 37 She bowed to the ground, then picked up her boy and went out. ♀️ 38 Elisha went to another town. There was little food in the land. The God learners sat with him. He said, “Put on a big pot. Make soup for them.” 39 One man picked wild plants. He cut them into the pot. They did not know the plants. 40 They poured soup to eat. They cried, “Man of God, the soup is bad! We cannot eat!” 41 Elisha said, “Bring flour.” He put it in the pot. “Serve it.” The soup was safe. ➡️ 42 A man came from far. He brought 20 loaves of bread and fresh grain to Elisha. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.” 43 His helper said, “How can this feed 100 men?” Elisha said, “Give it. God says, ‘They will eat and have some left.’” ️ 44 They gave it. They ate and had food left, just like God said.