Ruth 2:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

At mealtime Boaz said to Ruth, “Come, eat with us. Have some bread and dip it in the sauce.” Straight away 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

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, yoghurt, 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.

Psalm 23:5

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

Isaiah 32:8

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

1 Samuel 25:18

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