Episode notes
This is part of a year long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.
Ruth 1:1 - 4:22
- Naomi returns to Bethlehem widowed with Moabite daughters-in-law; Ruth pledges loyalty and gleans in Boaz's field.
- Boaz redeems Ruth as kinsman, they marry, and she bears Obed, grandfather of David, in the lineage to Christ.
Luke 20:45-47
- Jesus warns disciples against scribes who parade in long robes, seek best seats, and devour widows' houses with pretense of prayer.
- He declares they will face greater judgment for their actions.
Mark 12:41-44
- Jesus observes rich donors giving large sums to the treasury from abundance.
- He highlights a poor widow's two small coins as greater offering, given from her poverty and all she had to live on.
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