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Ruth 2:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles and leave them for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”

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They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord and will be repaid in full.

And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’

Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality to strangers.

I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.

For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

When she got up to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, “Let her glean even among the standing sheaves, and do not reproach her.

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.