Matthew 22:26Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Ruth 1:17

I will die where you die, and be buried there. May the Lord bring a curse upon me, if anything but death separate you and me.’

Ruth 2:3

So she went to glean in the field after the reapers. As it happened, she was in that part of the field which belonged to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Ruth 4:7

Now this used to be the custom in Israel: to make valid anything relating to a matter of redemption or exchange, a man drew off his sandal and gave it to the other man; and this was the way contracts were attested in Israel.

Esther 1:1

These events happened in the time of Ahasuerus, who ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia

Esther 1:3

In the third year of his reign, the king gave a feast for all his officers and courtiers. The commanders of the military forces of Persia and Media, the nobles and provincial rulers were present