Ruth 1:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸ When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.^(A)

¹⁹ So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.^(B) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred^(C) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

²⁰ “Don’t call me Naomi,^[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,^[b] because the Almighty^[c](D) has made my life very bitter.^(E)