And make her work easier by dropping some full heads of grain for her. Let her gather that grain. Don’t tell her to stop.”
That person freely gives things\par to poor people.\par And his goodness will continue forever.\par
Giving money to poor people is like loaning it to the Lord. The Lord will pay you back for being kind to them.
“Then the king will answer, ‘I tell you the truth. Anything you did for any of my people here, {\cf2\super [389]} you also did for me.’
Share with God’s people that need help. Look for people that need help, and welcome those people into your homes.
God is fair. God will remember all the work you have done. And God will remember that you showed your love to him by helping his people. And God will remember that you continue to help his people.
Then Ruth got up and went back to work.
Ruth worked in the fields until evening. Then she separated the grain from the chaff. [11] There was about 1/2 bushel [12] of barley.