Ruth 2:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

At mealtime Boaz said to Ruth, “Come, eat with us. Have some bread and dip it in the sauce.” At once she sat down with the workers, and Boaz handed her some roasted grain. Ruth ate all she wanted and had some left over.

Cross References

Ruth 2:18

She took the grain to town and showed Naomi how much she had picked up. Ruth also gave her the food left over from her lunch.

Matthew 14:20

After everyone had eaten all they wanted, Jesus' disciples picked up twelve large baskets of leftovers.

Deuteronomy 8:10

After you eat and are full, give praise to the Lord your God for the good land he gave you.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with everyone who is hungry; share your home with the poor and homeless. Give clothes to those in need; don't turn away your relatives.

Isaiah 32:8

But helpful people can always be trusted to make helpful plans.

Psalm 23:5

You treat me to a feast, while my enemies watch. You honor me as your guest, and you fill my cup until it overflows.

2 Samuel 17:28

Here is a list of what they brought: sleeping mats, blankets, bowls, pottery jars, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, honey, yogurt, sheep, and cheese. They brought the food for David and the others because they knew that everyone would be hungry, tired, and thirsty from being out in the desert.

1 Samuel 25:18

Abigail quickly got together 200 loaves of bread, two large clay jars of wine, the meat from five sheep, a large sack of roasted grain, 100 handfuls of raisins, and 200 handfuls of dried figs. She loaded all the food on donkeys

1 Samuel 17:17

One day, Jesse told David, “Hurry and take this sack of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread to your brothers at the army camp.

Ruth 2:13

Ruth replied, “Sir, it's good of you to speak kindly to me and make me feel so welcome. I'm not even one of your servants.”

Ruth 2:15

When Ruth left to start picking up grain, Boaz told his men, “Don't stop her, even if she picks up grain from where it is stacked.