A reading from the second book of Kings.

A messenger came from Baal-shalishah, bringing Elisha bread from the first fruits – twenty barley loaves and ears of fresh grain.  “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said.  But the messenger replied, “How can I serve this to a hundred people?”  “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha insisted, “for Our God says this: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’ ” And so the people were served; they ate and had some left over, as Our God had said.

The Word of God recorded in the second book of Kings.