She said, “As YHWH your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
2 Kings 4:2 - Y'all Version Bible Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what have you [of sale value] in the house? She said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a jar of oil. American Standard Version (1901) And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil. Common English Bible Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me what you still have left in the house.” She said, “Your servant has nothing at all in the house except a small jar of oil.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Elisha said to her: "What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" And she responded, "I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me to do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: I thy handmaid have nothing in my house but a little oil, to anoint me. |
She said, “As YHWH your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I should do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”
Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do y’all have?” They replied, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth—walk!”
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all everything.
Y’all listen, my beloved siblings. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the empire which ʜᴇ promised to those who love ʜɪᴍ?