Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(A) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(B)

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12 Now those who are such we command and [a]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ (A)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:12 encourage

12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(A) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(B)

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31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, (A)he passed by on the other side.

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31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.(A)

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29 Are not two (A)sparrows sold for a [a]copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:29 Gr. assarion, a coin worth about 1⁄16 of a denarius

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[a]

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  1. Matthew 10:29 Or will; or knowledge

11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, (A)to mind your own business, and (B)to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 (C)that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(B) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

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Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had (A)restored to life, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

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Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored(A) the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land.

Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

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The King Honors Mordecai

That night [a]the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring (A)the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. And it was found written that Mordecai had told of [b]Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 6:1 Lit. the king’s sleep fled away
  2. Esther 6:2 Bigthan, Esth. 2:21

Mordecai Honored

That night the king could not sleep;(A) so he ordered the book of the chronicles,(B) the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.(C)

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