²⁷ And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

¹⁷ And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

⁴ But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,

⁵ Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

⁶ (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

⁷ Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

²⁷ At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

³⁸ And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

⁶ But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

¹³ And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

⁹ And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship.

³¹ And the people gave them orders to be quiet; but they went on crying even louder, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

²³ But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

⁷ Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

¹⁰ No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

¹ My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

¹² 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.

²⁵ So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite;

³ And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.

¹⁰ And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

¹⁵ No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.