2 Kings 4:1-3

New American Standard Bible

The Widow’s Oil

4 Now a woman of the wives of ^(A)the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and ^(B)the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” ² So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except ^(C)a jar of oil.” ³ Then he said, “Go, ^[a]borrow containers ^[b]elsewhere for yourself, empty containers from all your neighbors—do not get too few.