2 Kings 4:38-41

New King James Version

Elisha Purifies the Pot of Stew

³⁸ And Elisha returned to ^(A)Gilgal, and there was a ^(B)famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets were ^(C)sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” ³⁹ So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were. ⁴⁰ Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is ^(D)death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

⁴¹ So he said, “Then bring some flour.” And ^(E)he put it into the pot, and said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.