2 Kings 4:42-44
Expanded Bible
Elisha Feeds the People
42 A man from Baal Shalishah came to Elisha, bringing him twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ·harvest [fruits]. He also brought fresh grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”
43 Elisha’s servant asked, “How can I ·feed a hundred people with so little [L set this before a hundred people]?”
“Give the bread to the people to eat,” Elisha ·said [repeated]. “·This is what the Lord says [T Thus says the Lord]: ‘They will eat and will have food left over.’” 44 After he gave it to them, the people ate and had food left over, ·as the Lord had said [L in accordance with the word of the Lord].
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2 Kings 4:42-44
Amplified Bible
42 Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.” 43 His servant said, “How am I to set [only] this before a hundred [hungry] men?” He said, “Give it to the people so that they may eat, for thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” 44 So he set it before them, and they ate and left some, in accordance with the word of the Lord.
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