2 Kings 4:6

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2 Kings 4:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

5 So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.

6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

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2 Kings 4:43

But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

2 Kings 4:44

So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

Matthew 9:29

Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”

Matthew 13:58

And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

Matthew 14:20

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Matthew 15:37

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Luke 6:19

The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.

2 Chronicles 6:12

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

2 Chronicles 6:13

Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

2 Kings 13:19

But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

Joshua 5:12

And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

John 6:12

And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”