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2 Kings 4:6-12 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

6. When they had filled all the jars, she asked if there were any more. “That was the last one,” one of her sons answered. And the olive oil stopped flowing.

7. She went back to Elisha, the prophet, who said to her, “Sell the olive oil and pay all your debts, and there will be enough money left over for you and your sons to live on.”

8. One day Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal, and from then on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.

9. She said to her husband, “I am sure that this man who comes here so often is a holy man.

10. Let's build a small room on the roof, put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it, and he can stay there whenever he visits us.”

11. One day Elisha returned to Shunem and went up to his room to rest.

12. He told his servant Gehazi to go and call the woman. When she came,

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