So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord. And going, he dwelt by the torrent Carith, which is over against the Jordan.
You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave. And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias?
And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the torrent.
And the children of Israel going forth did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.