1 Kings 19: 15-16, 19-21 (NRSV)
Third
Sunday after Pentecost 15Then the LORD said to
him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; when you
arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram. 16Also you
shall anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel; and you shall anoint
Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah as prophet in your place. 19So
he set out from there, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing.
There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth.
Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle over him. 20He left
the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and my
mother, and then I will follow you." Then Elijah said to him, "Go
back again; for what have I done to you?" 21He returned from
following him, took the yoke of oxen, and slaughtered them; using the equipment
from the oxen, he boiled their flesh, and gave it to the people, and they
ate. Then he set out and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
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