2 Kings 4:37-39

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁷ She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took her son and left.

Elisha Purifies the Pot of Stew

³⁸ When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was^[a] sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets.”^{[b] 39} One of them went out into the field to gather herbs; he found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were.