Bible Reading
June 3
The World English Bible
June
3
Ruth
3, 4
Rth
3:1 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not
seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Rth
3:2 Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold,
he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
Rth
3:3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put your
clothing on yourself, and go down to the threshing floor, but don't
make yourself known to the man, until he has finished eating and
drinking.
Rth
3:4 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place
where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and
lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do.
Rth
3:5 She said to her, All that you say I will do.
Rth
3:6 She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all
that her mother-in-law told her.
Rth
3:7 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and
uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Rth
3:8 It happened at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned
himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
Rth
3:9 He said, Who are you? She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid:
spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near
kinsman.
Rth
3:10 He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown
more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as
you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.
Rth
3:11 Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that
you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a
worthy woman.
Rth
3:12 Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a
kinsman nearer than I.
Rth
3:13 Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he
will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you,
then will I do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives: lie
down until the morning.
Rth
3:14 She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one
could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the
woman came to the threshing floor.
Rth
3:15 He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it; and she
held it; and he measured six measures
of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
Rth
3:16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my
daughter? She told her all that the man had done to her.
Rth
3:17 She said, These six measures
of barley gave he me; for he said, "Don't go empty to your
mother-in-law."
Rth
3:18 Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how
the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has
finished the thing this day."
Rth
4:1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and
behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said,
Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. He turned aside, and sat
down.
Rth
4:2 He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down
here. They sat down.
Rth
4:3 He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back out of the
country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother
Elimelech's:
Rth
4:4 I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before those who
sit here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it,
redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may
know; for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.
He said, I will redeem it.
Rth
4:5 Then said Boaz, On the day you buy the field from the hand of
Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the
dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
Rth
4:6 The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar
my own inheritance: take my right of redemption on you; for I can't
redeem it.
Rth
4:7 Now this was the custom
in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave
it to his neighbor; and this was the manner
of attestation in Israel.
Rth
4:8 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. He drew
off his shoe.
Rth
4:9 Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are
witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and
all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Rth
4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his
inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his
brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.
Rth
4:11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house
like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and
treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
Rth
4:12 and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore
to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young
woman.
Rth
4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to
her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.
Rth
4:14 The women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left
you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in
Israel.
Rth
4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your
old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to
you than seven sons, has borne him.
Rth
4:16 Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became
nurse to it.
Rth
4:17 The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse,
the father of David.
Rth
4:18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez
became the father of Hezron,
Rth
4:19 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father
of Amminadab,
Rth
4:20 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became
the father of Salmon,
Rth
4:21 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the
father of Obed,
Rth
4:22 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the
father of David.
Jun.
3, 4
John
10
Joh
10:1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the
door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
Joh
10:2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Joh
10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to
his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
Joh
10:4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and
the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Joh
10:5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from
him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."
Joh
10:6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand
what he was telling them.
Joh
10:7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I
tell you, I am the sheep's door.
Joh
10:8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
didn't listen to them.
Joh
10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and
will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
Joh
10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that
they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Joh
10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life
for the sheep.
Joh
10:12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own
the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The
wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
Joh
10:13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't
care for the sheep.
Joh
10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my
own;
Joh
10:15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down
my life for the sheep.
Joh
10:16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring
them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock
with one shepherd.
Joh
10:17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
Joh
10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I
received this commandment from my Father."
Joh
10:19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of
these words.
Joh
10:20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do
you listen to him?"
Joh
10:21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed
by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the
blind, is it?"
Joh
10:22 It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
Joh
10:23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in
Solomon's porch.
Joh
10:24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How
long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us
plainly."
Joh
10:25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe.
The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
Joh
10:26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I
told you.
Joh
10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Joh
10:28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no
one will snatch them out of my hand.
Joh
10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No
one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
Joh
10:30 I and the Father are one."
Joh
10:31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Joh
10:32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works
from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
Joh
10:33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good
work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself
God."
Joh
10:34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I
said, you are gods?'
Joh
10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the
Scripture can't be broken),
Joh
10:36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the
world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
Joh
10:37 If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
Joh
10:38 But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the
works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I
in the Father."
Joh
10:39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
Joh
10:40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John
was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
Joh
10:41 Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign,
but everything that John said about this man is true."
Joh
10:42 Many believed in him there.
