2 Kings 5:13-19

New International Version

¹³ Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father,^(A) if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” ¹⁴ So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times,^(B) as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored^(C) and became clean like that of a young boy.^(D)

¹⁵ Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God^(E). He stood before him and said, “Now I know^(F) that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift^(G) from your servant.”

¹⁶ The prophet answered, “As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.^(H)

¹⁷ “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth^(I) as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the Lord. ¹⁸ But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning^(J) on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”

¹⁹ “Go in peace,”^(K) Elisha said.

After Naaman had traveled some distance,