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The widow pays a debt

God provides for a widow and her family.
Story also available on our translated website: German
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A widow, who had been the wife of one of the prophets, begged Elisha the prophet of God, for help. – Slide 1
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‘Sir, my husband, your servant is dead,’ she exclaimed. ‘You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. He owed money that he did not repay before he died.’ – Slide 2
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Now the man who is owed money is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants, for I am not able to repay my debts.’ – Slide 3
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What can I do for you? Elisha asked. ‘Would you please tell me, what do you have left in your house?’ – Slide 4
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The widow replied, ‘Your servant has nothing in the house except for a small jar of olive oil.’ – Slide 5
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Elisha gave her an instruction. ‘Go and ask all your neighbours for all of their empty containers. Get as many as you can.’ – Slide 6
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‘And then go into the house and close the door behind you. You and your sons pour the olive oil into all the containers. Set aside each one when you have filled it.’ – Slide 7
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So she left Elisha, and with the help of her sons, gathered as many jars as she could. – Slide 8
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Then she closed the door behind her. – Slide 9
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As the sons were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil from her little jar. – Slide 10
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When one container was full, she gave instructions to her sons … – Slide 11
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‘Bring me another container.’ – Slide 12
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She kept pouring the oil from her little jar until all the jars were full. – Slide 13
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‘There are no more,’ said her sons. – Slide 14
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The widow rushed to tell Elisha the news. – Slide 15
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‘Go, sell all the olive oil,’ Elisha told her.  Repay your creditor, and from then, you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.’ – Slide 16
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The widow was thankful to God. Her debt was paid off, her sons were free, and they still had olive oil for sale. – Slide 17
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