and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
1 Kings 17:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. American Standard Version (1901) And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. Common English Bible She went to get some water. He then said to her, “Please get me a piece of bread.” Catholic Public Domain Version And as she was going to bring it, he called out after her, saying, "Bring me also, I beg you, a morsel of bread in your hand." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when she was going to fetch it he called after her, saying: Bring me also, I beseech thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. |
and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in the barrel, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
for it was so, when Jezebel cut off prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.