2 Kings 5:11-19

English Standard Version

¹¹But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. ¹²Are not Abana^[a] and Pharpar, the rivers of ^(A)Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ¹³But his servants came near and said to him, ^(B)“My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” ¹⁴So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, ^(C)and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, ^(D)and he was clean.

Gehazi's Greed and Punishment

¹⁵Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that ^(E)there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so ^(F)accept now a present from your servant.” ¹⁶But he said, ^(G)“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, ^(H)I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused. ¹⁷Then Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant two mule loads of earth, for from now on your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the Lord. ¹⁸In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of ^(I)Rimmon to worship there, ^(J)leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.” ¹⁹He said to him, ^(K)“Go in peace.”