29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: [a]if thou meet any, salute him not: and if any salute thee, answer him not: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.

31 But Gehazi was gone before them, and had laid the staff upon the face of the child, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not waken.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:29 Make such speed that nothing may let thee in the way, Luke 10:4.

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