John 19:16Open English Bible (US)

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 2:15

When she rose to glean, Boaz gave this order to his young men: “Let her glean even among the sheaves and do not disturb her.

Ruth 2:18

Then she took it up and went into the town and showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her that which she had left from her meal after she had had enough.

Ruth 2:19

“Where did you glean today, and where did you work?” asked her mother-in-law. “A blessing on him who took notice of you!” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man with whom I worked today,” she said, “is Boaz.”

Ruth 3:17

“He gave me these six measures of barley,” she said, “for he said I should not go to my mother-in-law empty-handed.”