Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
20 The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;(A)
he repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.(B)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.(C)
22 Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me[a]
and have not disregarded his statutes.(D)
23 I was blameless toward him(E)
and kept myself from my iniquity.
24 So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,(F)
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(G)
25 With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,
26 with the pure
you prove yourself pure,
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.(H)
27 For you rescue an oppressed people,(I)
but you humble those with haughty eyes.(J)
28 Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.(K)
29 With you I can attack a barricade,[b]
and with my God I can leap over a wall.(L)
8 At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman! 9 So he asked, “Who are you?”
“I am Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Take me under your wing,[a](A) for you are a family redeemer.”(B)
10 Then he said, “May the Lord bless you,(C) my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,[b] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 Now don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say,[c] since all the people in my town[d] know that you are a woman of noble character.(D) 12 Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am. 13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good.(E) Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives,(F) I will. Now lie down until morning.”
14 So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark.[e] Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a[f] woman came to the threshing floor.” 15 And he told Ruth, “Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.” When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she[g] went into the town.
16 She went to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who asked her, “What happened,[h] my daughter?”
Then Ruth told her everything the man had done for her. 17 She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said,[i] ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”
The New Command
31 When(A) he had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man(B) is glorified, and God is glorified(C) in him.(D) 32 If God is glorified in him,[a] God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. 33 Little children, I am with you a little while longer.(E) You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’(F)
34 “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love(G) one another.”
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