At that time the  ¹Feast of the Dedication occurred in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

And Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

The Jews therefore surrounded Him and said to Him, How long will You hold our soul in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe. The works which I do  ¹in My Father's name, these testify concerning Me;

But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

And I give to them  ¹eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of My  ¹Father's hand.

 ¹I and the Father are one.

The Jews again took up stones that they might stone Him.

Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these works are you stoning Me?

The Jews answered Him, We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, are making Yourself God.

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, “I said, You are gods”?

If He said they were gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken,

Do you say of Him whom the Father has sanctified and  ¹sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God?

If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

But if I do them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works so that you may come to know and continue to know that the Father is in Me and I am in the Father.

Then they sought again to seize Him, yet He went forth out of their hand.

And  ¹He went away again across the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first, and He remained there.

And many came to Him and said, John did no sign, but all the things John said concerning this man were true.

And many believed into Him there.

And the men of the city said to Elisha, The location of the city is good, as my lord can see; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.

And he said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

And he went out to the source of the water and threw salt there; and he said, Thus says Jehovah, I have  ¹healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there.

So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha, which he spoke.

And he went up from there to Bethel. And as he was going up on the way, some little boys came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead.

And he turned around and looked at them and  ¹cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two children among them.

And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.

And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as his father and his mother had done, for he put away the pillar of Baal, which his father had made.

Yet he clung to the  ¹sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, by which he caused Israel to sin; he did not turn away from  ²them.

Now Mesha the king of Moab was a sheep breeder, who would pay as tribute to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.

And when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

And King Jehoram went forth from Samaria on that day and mustered all Israel.

And he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to Moab to fight? And he said, I will go up: I will be as you are; my people will be as your people; my horses, as your horses.

And he said, By which way shall we go up? And he said, By the way of the wilderness of Edom.

So the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom set out, and they circled about on a journey of seven days. And there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.

And the king of Israel said, Alas! Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of Jehovah here, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.

And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What do I have in this that concerns you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No; for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts, before whom I stand, lives, were it not that I regard Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not even look at you or see you.

But now bring me a musician. And as the musician played, the hand of Jehovah came upon him.

And he said, Thus says Jehovah, Make this valley trenches, all trenches!

For thus says Jehovah, You will not see wind, nor will you see rain; but that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, as will your cattle and your animals.

And this is but a small thing in the sight of Jehovah, for He will deliver Moab into your hand.

And you will strike every fortified city and every choice city, and every good tree you will fell, and all the springs of water you will stop, and every fine portion of land you will mar with stones.

And in the morning, at about the time of the offering up of the meal offering, there came water from the direction of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

Now when all Moab heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, any of those old enough to strap on armor and upward were called out; and they stationed themselves at the border.

And when they rose up early in the morning, the sun shone on the water; and the Moabites saw the water before them as red as blood.

And they said, This is blood; the kings have no doubt fought against themselves, and each has struck down his companion. Now therefore to the spoil, O Moab!

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them. And they went among them and struck down the Moabites.

And they overturned the cities, and on every fine portion of land each man threw his stone and filled it up, and every spring of water they stopped, and every good tree they felled. Only at Kir-hareseth did they leave stones standing, but the slingers encircled it and struck it.

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle went hard against him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew the sword, in order to break through to the king of Edom; but they were not able to do it.

So he took his firstborn son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him up as a burnt offering upon the wall. And great wrath came upon Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their land.

Now a certain woman from among the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the creditor has come to take my two children to himself as servants.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house? And she said, Your servant has nothing at all in the house, except a jar of oil.

And he said, Go and borrow vessels outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, and not just a few.

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and each one you fill set aside.

So she went away from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons; and they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out into them.

And when she had  ¹filled the vessels, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. But he said to her, There is no other vessel. And the oil stopped.

And she went and told the man of God. And he said, Go and sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons can live off the rest.

And one day Elisha was passing through Shunem; and there was a wealthy woman there, who compelled him to have a meal. So whenever he passed through, he would turn aside and have a meal there.

And she said to her husband, Now I know that this man who continually passes through unto us is a holy  ¹man of God.

Let us make a little walled upper room and put a bed and a table and a chair and a lamp for him; and when he comes to us, he can turn aside there.

Then one day he came there, and he turned aside into the upper room and lay down there.

And he said to Gehazi his attendant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.

And he said to him, Say to her, You have gone to all this trouble for us; what can be done for you? Should you be spoken of to the king or to the captain of the army? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people.

And he said, What then can be done for her? And Gehazi said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.

Then he said, Call her. And he called her, and she stood at the door.

And he said, At this time next year you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not deceive your servant.

And the woman conceived and bore a son at that time the next year, as Elisha had told her.