11. And as she was going to get it, he called out, “And please bring me some bread, too.”
12. She answered, “By the living Lord your God I swear that I haven't got any bread. All I have is a handful of flour in a bowl and a drop of olive oil in a jar. I came here to gather some firewood to take back home and prepare what little I have for my son and me. That will be our last meal, and then we will starve to death.”
13. “Don't worry,” Elijah said to her. “Go ahead and prepare your meal. But first make a small loaf from what you have and bring it to me, and then prepare the rest for you and your son.
14. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the Lord, send rain.’ ”
15. The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
16. As the Lord had promised through Elijah, the bowl did not run out of flour nor did the jar run out of oil.
17. Some time later the widow's son fell ill; he got worse and worse, and finally he died.
18. She said to Elijah, “Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?”
19. “Give the boy to me,” Elijah said. He took the boy from her arms, carried him upstairs to the room where he was staying, and laid him on the bed.