2 Kings 4:2
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Elisha meets the widow with a direct question about what help he can give her. He asks what he shall do for her and then asks what she still has in her house. She answers that she has nothing in the house at all. The single exception is a pot of oil, the small resource out of which her need will be met.