Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets1 appealed2 to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.3 Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.” 4:2 Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.” 4:3 He said, “Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers.4 Get as many as you can.5 4:4 Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers;6 set aside each one when you have filled it.” 4:5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil. 4:6 When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons,7 “Bring me another container.” But he answered her, “There are no more.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing. 4:7 She went and told the prophet.8 He said, “Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.”