Ruth 2:3

New American Bible - revised edition

So she went. The field she entered to glean after the harvesters happened to be the section belonging to Boaz, of the clan of Elimelech.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:6

The youth reporting to him replied: “I happened to find myself on Mount Gilboa and saw Saul leaning on his spear, with chariots and horsemen closing in on him.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the horn and cried out, “We have no share in David, nor any heritage in the son of Jesse. Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

2 Kings 8:5

Just as he was telling the king how his master had restored a dead person to life, the very woman whose son Elisha had restored to life came to the king appealing for her house and field. Gehazi said, “My lord king, this is the woman, and this is that son of hers whom Elisha restored to life.”

Matthew 10:29

Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.

Luke 10:31

A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and to eat their own food.

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “I would like to go and glean grain in the field of anyone who will allow me.” Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

Ruth 2:4

Soon, along came Boaz from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you,” and they replied, “The Lord bless you.”