¹⁰ And he said, ^(A)“May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than ^(B)the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

²⁰ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ^(A)“May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken ^(B)the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of ^(C)our redeemers.”

⁸ But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord ^(A)deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with ^(B)the dead and with me.

^4 (A)Love is patient and ^(B)kind; love ^(C)does not envy or boast; it ^(D)is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. It ^(E)does not insist on its own way; it ^(F)is not irritable or resentful;^[a]

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, ^(A)“The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.”