¹⁶ But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. ^(A)Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

²¹ But Ittai answered the king, ^(A)“As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, ^(B)wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”

¹¹ But Boaz answered her, ^(A)“All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. ^12 (B)The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

² And Elijah said to Elisha, ^(A)“Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, ^(B)“As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. ³ And ^(C)the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”

⁴ Elijah said to him, “Elisha, ^(D)please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to ^(E)Jericho.” But he said, ^(F)“As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. ^5 (G)The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”

⁶ Then Elijah said to him, ^(H)“Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

⁹ For they themselves report concerning us the kind of ^(A)reception we had among you, and how ^(B)you turned to God ^(C)from idols to serve the living and ^(D)true God,

^37 (A)Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

^19 (A)And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

The Restoration of Jacob

14 ^(A)For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and ^(B)will set them in their own land, and ^(C)sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.