¹⁷ Yet he has not left himself without testimony:^(A) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;^(B) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”^(C)

⁴⁵ that you may be children^(A) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.^(B)

⁶ They have power to shut up the heavens^(A) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;^(B) and they have power to turn the waters into blood^(C) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

¹⁷ Elijah was a human being, even as we are.^(A) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.^{(B) 18} Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.^(C)