1 Kings 13:13-19

Contemporary English Version

¹³ “Put a saddle on my donkey,” he told them. After they did, he got on the donkey ¹⁴ and rode off to look for the prophet from Judah.

The old prophet found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the prophet from Judah?”

“Yes, I am.”

¹⁵ “Come home with me,” the old prophet said, “and have something to eat.”

¹⁶ “I can't go back with you,” the prophet replied, “and I can't eat or drink anything with you. ¹⁷ The Lord warned me not to eat or drink or to go home the same way I came.”

¹⁸ The old prophet said, “I'm a prophet too. One of the Lord's angels told me to take you to my house and give you something to eat and drink.”

The prophet from Judah did not know that the old prophet was lying, ¹⁹ so he went home with him and ate and drank.