Ruth 1.18-22 and Ruth 2.1-14 scriptures

Ruth 1:18 NRSV

When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

Ruth 1:19 NRSV

So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

Ruth 1:20 NRSV

She said to them, “Call me no longer Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:21 NRSV

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty; why call me Naomi when the Lord has dealt harshly with me, and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

Ruth 1:22 NRSV

So Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Ruth 2:1 NRSV

Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:2 NRSV

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Ruth 2:3 NRSV

So she went. She came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. As it happened, she came to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:4 NRSV

Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered, “The Lord bless you.”

Ruth 2:5 NRSV

Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “To whom does this young woman belong?”

Ruth 2:6 NRSV

The servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the Moabite who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

Ruth 2:8 NRSV

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.

Ruth 2:9 NRSV

Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped, and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

Ruth 2:10 NRSV

Then she fell prostrate, with her face to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”

Ruth 2:11 NRSV

But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.

Ruth 2:12 NRSV

May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!”

Ruth 2:13 NRSV

Then she said, “May I continue to find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, even though I am not one of your servants.”

Ruth 2:14 NRSV

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some of this bread, and dip your morsel in the sour wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he heaped up for her some parched grain. She ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.