And they liftedup their voicesand weptagain;and Orpahkissedher mother-in-law,but Ruthclungto her.
and did not allowme to kissmy sonsand my daughters?Nowyou have donefoolishly.
Earlyin the morningLabanarose,and kissedhis sonsand his daughtersand blessedthem. Then Labandepartedand returnedto his place.
Allthe peoplecrossedoverthe Jordanand the kingcrossedtoo. The kingthen kissedBarzillaiand blessedhim, and he returnedto his place.
He leftthe oxenand ranafterElijahand said,"Pleaselet me kissmy fatherand my mother,then I will followyou." And he saidto him, "Gobackagain,for whathave I doneto you?"
A friendlovesat alltimes,And a brotheris bornfor adversity.
A manof [too many] friends[comes] to ruin,But thereis a friendwhostickscloserthana brother.
Whenthe LORDwill havecompassionon Jacoband againchooseIsrael,and settlethem in their own land,then strangerswill jointhem and attachthemselves to the houseof Jacob.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'In thosedaystenmenfrom allthe nationswill graspthe garmentof a Jew,saying,"Let us gowith you, for we have heardthat Godis with you."'"
"He who lovesfatherormothermorethanMe is not worthyof Me; and he who lovessonordaughtermore thanMe is not worthyof Me.
ThenJesussaidto His disciples,"Ifanyonewishesto comeafterMe, he must denyhimself,and takeup his crossand followMe.
But when the young manheardthisstatement,he went awaygrieving;for he was one who ownedmuchproperty.
But somemenjoinedhim and believed,amongwhomalsowere Dionysiusthe Areopagiteand a womannamedDamarisand otherswith them.
"You shall fearthe LORDyour God;you shall serveHim and clingto Him, and you shall swearby His name.
"But you who heldfastto the LORDyour Godare alivetoday,everyoneof you.
for Demas,having lovedthispresentworld,has desertedme and goneto Thessalonica;Crescens[has gone] to Galatia,Titusto Dalmatia.
But we are not of those who shrink backto destruction,but of those who have faithto the preservingof the soul.
would you thereforewaituntilthey were grown?Would you thereforerefrainfrom marrying?No,my daughters;for it is harderfor me thanfor you, for the handof the LORDhas goneforthagainst me."
Then she said,"Behold,your sister-in-lawhas gonebackto her peopleand her gods;returnafteryour sister-in-law."
So she departedfrom the placewhereshe was, and her twodaughters-in-lawwith her; and they wenton the wayto returnto the landof Judah.
Boazrepliedto her, "Allthat you have donefor your mother-in-lawafterthe deathof your husbandhas been fullyreportedto me, and how you leftyour fatherand your motherand the landof your birth,and cameto a peoplethat you did not previouslyknow.
