Ruth 2:8–13

⁸Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. ^lDon’t go and gather grain in another field, and don’t leave this one, but stay here close to my female servants. ⁹See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? ^mWhen you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

¹⁰She bowed with her face to the ground ⁿand said to him, “Why are you so kind to notice me, although I am a foreigner?”

¹¹Boaz answered her, “Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me: how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you didn’t previously know. ¹²May the Lord reward you for what you have done, ^oand may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” ^p

¹³“My lord,” she said, “you have been so kind to me, for you have comforted and encouraged ^qyour slave, although I am not like one of your female servants.”