"Now a certain woman from among the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Jehovah.  And the creditor has come to take my two children to himself as servants.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you?  Tell me, what do you have in your house?  And she said, Your servant has nothing at all in the house, except a jar of oil.

And he said, Go and borrow vessels outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, and not just a few.

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and each one you fill set aside.

So she went away from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons; and they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out into them.

And when she had filled the vessels, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel.  But he said to her, There is no other vessel.  And the oil stopped."

2 Kings 4:1-6