I will bring a bit of bread so that you may strengthen yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. Later, you can continue on.’ ‘Yes,’ they replied, ‘do as you have said.’
1 Kings 17:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised As she went to get it, he called to her and said, ‘Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
I will bring a bit of bread so that you may strengthen yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. Later, you can continue on.’ ‘Yes,’ they replied, ‘do as you have said.’
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, ‘Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.’
But she said, ‘As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked #– #only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go and prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.’
‘Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.’
and took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets.
And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, , truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.’
Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.