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2 Kings 4:6

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When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

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Verse 6. Stood. The grace of God ceases to flow, when the soul is full of vanity. Saint Bernard—Charity does not increase, when it bestows nothing. Saint Augustine ser. 206. de Temp.

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