So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.

At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.

So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.

And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.

So he sent there horses and carriages and a great army and they came by night, circling the town.

And he said in answer, Have no fear those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.

And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.

And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.

And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.

But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.

And when those lepers came to the outer line of tents, they went into one tent, and had food and drink, and took from it silver and gold and clothing, which they put in a secret place then they came back and went into another tent from which they took more goods, which they put away in a secret place.

So they came in, and, crying out to the door-keepers of the town, they gave them the news, saying, We came to the tents of the Aramaeans, and there was no one there and no voice of man, only the horses and the asses in their places, and the tents as they were.

Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.

So they took two horsemen and the king sent them after the army of the Aramaeans, saying, Go and see.

Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.

And such was his fate for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken

But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.