Naomi had a close relative of her late husband, a man of considerable wealth from the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.

So she went out, proceeded to the field, and gleaned behind the harvesters. And it happened that she came to the portion of land belonging to Boaz, of the family of Elimelech.

Now when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he told the harvesters, "The LORD be with you." "May the LORD bless you!" they replied.

At this point, Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "To whom does this young woman belong?"

Boaz then addressed Ruth: "Listen, my daughter! Don't glean in any other field. Don't even leave this one, and be sure to stay close to my women servants.

Boaz answered her, "It has been clearly disclosed to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband how you abandoned your father, your mother, and your own land, and came to a people you did not previously know.

At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over.

After she had left to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, "Allow her to glean also among the cut sheaves, and don't taunt her.

Her mother-in-law noticed how much Ruth had gleaned and had brought back from what was left over from her lunch. So her mother-in-law quizzed her, "Where did you glean today? Where, precisely, did you work? May the one who took notice of you be blessed." So Ruth told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. She said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz."

So Ruth continued to stay close to the young women who worked for Boaz, gathering grain until both the barley and wheat harvests were complete, all the while living with her mother-in-law.

Isn't Boaz one of our close relatives? You've been associating with his women servants lately. Look, he'll be winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight.

After Boaz had finished eating and drinking to his heart's content, he went over and lay down next to the pile of threshed grain. Ruth came in quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

In the middle of the night, Boaz was startled awake and turned over in surprise to see a woman lying at his feet.

Meanwhile, Boaz approached the city gate and sat down there. Just then, the very same related redeemer whom Boaz had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, "Come over and sit down here, my friend!" So the man came over and sat down.

Boaz selected ten of the town elders and spoke to them, "Sit down here." So they sat down

and Boaz addressed the related redeemer directly: "A portion of a field belonging to our relative Elimelech is up for sale by Naomi, who recently returned from the country of Moab.

Boaz continued, "On the very day you buy the field from Naomi, you're also "buying" Ruth the Moabite woman, the wife of her dead husband, so the family name may be continued as an inheritance."

So when the nearer related redeemer told Boaz, "Make the purchase yourself," he then took off his sandal.

At this, Boaz addressed the elders and all of the people: "You all are witnesses today that I hereby redeem everything from Naomi that belonged to Elimelech, including what belonged to Chilion and Mahlon,

So Boaz took Ruth to be his wife, and when he had marital relations with her, the LORD made her conceive, and she bore a son.

Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed.

That's how he designed the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary. When he set up the right pillar, he named it Jachin. When he set up the left pillar, he named it Boaz.

Nahshon fathered Salma, Salma fathered Boaz,

Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

He set up the pillars at the front of the Temple, one on the south side of the entrance and the other on the north side of the entrance. He named the south pillar Jachin and the north pillar Boaz.

Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse,

Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,

they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

When Jesus got into the boat, his disciples went with him.

Suddenly, a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus kept sleeping.

After getting into a boat, Jesus crossed to the other side and came to his own city.

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

When he got out of the boat, he saw a large crowd. He had compassion for them and healed their sick.

Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

By this time the boat was in the middle of the sea and was being battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

Jesus said, "Come on!" So Peter got down out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came to Jesus.

As they got into the boat, the wind stopped blowing.

Then the men in the boat began to worship Jesus, saying, "You certainly are the Son of God!"

After he sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat repairing their nets.

He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him so that the crowd wouldn't crush him,

Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.

So they left the crowd and took him away in a boat without making any special preparations. Other boats were with him.

A violent windstorm came up, and the waves began breaking into the boat, so that the boat was rapidly becoming swamped.

But Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"

Just as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him to let him go with him.

When Jesus again had crossed to the other side in a boat, a large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.

So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves.

When he got out of the boat, he saw a large crowd. He had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Jesus immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.

When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while he was alone on the land.

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped blowing. The disciples were utterly astounded,

When they had crossed over, they came ashore at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.

As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus.

Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

Leaving them, he got into a boat again and crossed to the other side.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread along, but they had one loaf with them in the boat.

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats until the boats began to sink.

One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat. He told them, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out.

Then all the people from the region surrounding the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were terrified. So he got into a boat and started back.

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

After they had rowed about 25 or 30 stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea toward their boat. They became terrified.

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves.

Simon Peter told them, "I'm going fishing." They all told him, "We'll go with you, too." So they went out and got into the boat but didn't catch a thing that night.

He told them, "Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catch some." So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish.

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits away from the shore.