Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

David’s Uprightness as a Basis for God’s Judgment

God’s Uprightness as a Basis for His Judgment

God Equips David for Victory

⁸ In the middle of the night, the man was startled^[a] and turned over, and there was a woman lying on his legs!^[b]

⁹ He said, “Who are you?”

She said, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread out the skirt of your robe^[c] over your servant, for you are a family redeemer.”

¹⁰ Then he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter! You have made your last act of kindness better than the first by not going to look for a young man, whether poor or rich. ¹¹ So now, my daughter, do not be afraid. I will do everything that you are asking. Indeed, all the people at the city gate^[d] know that you are an honorable woman. ¹² Now it is indeed true—certainly I am a family redeemer—but nevertheless there is a redeemer who is closer than I am. ¹³ Spend the night here. If in the morning he acts as a redeemer for you, good. Let him redeem. But if he does not want to act as a redeemer for you, then I will act as a redeemer for you myself, as the Lord lives! Lie down here until morning.”

¹⁴ So she lay down at his feet until morning. She got up before it was light enough for anyone to recognize a person.

But Boaz thought, “No one should know that a woman came to the threshing floor.” ¹⁵ So he said, “Come here and hold out the shawl that you are wearing.” So she held it out. He measured out six scoops^[e] of barley into it for her to carry home. Then he^[f] returned to town.

¹⁶ When Ruth came back to her mother-in-law, Naomi said, “How did it turn out, my daughter?”

Then Ruth told her all that the man had done for her. ¹⁷ She said, “He gave me these six scoops of barley, and he said, ‘You must not return to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

¹⁸ Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of this matter today!”

³¹ After Judas left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.^{[a] 32} If God is glorified in him,^[b] God will also glorify the Son in himself and will glorify him at once.”

Jesus Warns Peter

³³ “Dear children, I am going to be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

³⁴ “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you are to love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”