38Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his boy, "Bring the large pot of stew and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."39One went out to the field to gather wild herbs. He found a vine of the field and gathered from it a wild gourd full in his garment. He came and sliced it into the pot of stew—for they did not know.40They poured it out for the men to eat. As they were eating from the stew, they cried out and said, "Death is in the pot, man of God!" And they were not able to eat.41He said, "Take flour and throw it into the pot." And he said, "Serve it to the people." And they ate, and there was no evil thing in the pot.