Ruth 1:15-18

Living Bible

¹⁵ “See,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; you should do the same.”

¹⁶ But Ruth replied, “Don’t make me leave you, for I want to go wherever you go and to live wherever you live; your people shall be my people, and your God shall be my God; ¹⁷ I want to die where you die and be buried there. May the Lord do terrible things to me if I allow anything but death to separate us.”

¹⁸ And when Naomi saw that Ruth had made up her mind and could not be persuaded otherwise, she stopped urging her.