Luke 18:2Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
‘There was,’ he said, ‘in a certain town a judge, who had no fear of God nor regard for people.
‘There was,’ he said, ‘in a certain town a judge, who had no fear of God nor regard for people.
Ruth 1:1
In the time when the judges ruled, there was once a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah took his wife and two sons to live in the territory of Moab.
Ruth 1:6
So she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the land of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had remembered his people and given them food.
Ruth 1:10
and said to her, ‘No, we will return with you to your people.’
Ruth 1:15
‘Look,’ said Naomi, ‘your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and to her own gods. Go along with her!’
Ruth 1:16
But Ruth answered, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to go back. I will go where you go, and I will stay wherever you stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God;