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Ruth · read by William Lavery
12 verses, in order. Only the verses William read aloud are shown.
Ruth 1
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In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.Read from NKJV · Ruth and the assembly
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Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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"Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home."Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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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 · Ruth and the assembly
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 · Ruth and the assembly
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So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, "The LORD be with you." "The LORD bless you," they replied.Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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The foreman answered, "She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled."Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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"My lord," she said, "may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls."Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
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Then her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you." So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. "The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz," she said.Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly
Ruth 3
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One day Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?Read from KJV · Ruth and the assembly