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Ruth · read by T. Austin-Sparks
15 verses, in order. Only the verses T. read aloud are shown.
Ruth 1
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When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #1
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But Ruth replied: "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.Read from KJV · The Cross and Eternal Glory - Part 4
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Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me."Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #3
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I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me."Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #1
Ruth 2
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Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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Boaz replied, "I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #3
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May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge."Read from KJV · The Cross and Eternal Glory - Part 4
Ruth 3
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"Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she replied. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer."Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
Ruth 4
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Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, "Sit here," and they did so.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, "Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you." "I will redeem it," he replied.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance."Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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The kinsman-redeemer replied, "I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it."Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #2
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Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.Read from KJV · The Book of Ruth #1