First Reading2 Kings 5:14-17
From the Second Book of Kings
14Then went he downand dipped himself seven times in the Jordan,according to the saying of the man of God;and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.15He returned to the man of God,he and all his company,and came, and stood before him;and he said, “See now,I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel.Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
16But he said, “As the Lord lives,before whom I stand,I will receive none.”
He urged him to take it;but he refused.17Naaman said, “If not,then, please let two mules’ load of earth be given to your servant;for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to the Lord.