³ 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

⁵ 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.”

The King Honors Mordecai

6 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. ² 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.