12 The Lord will reward you for all the good things you have done. The Lord, the God of Israel, will pay you in full. You have come to him for safety, and he will protect you.”
13 Then Ruth said, “I hope I can continue to please you, sir. You are very kind. I am only a servant and not even one of your own servants. But you have said kind words to me and comforted me.”
14 At mealtime, Boaz told Ruth, “Come and eat some of our bread. Here, dip your bread in our vinegar.” So Ruth sat down with the workers. Boaz gave her some roasted grain. Ruth ate until she was full, and there was some food left.
15 Then Ruth got up and went back to work. Then Boaz told his servants, “Let Ruth gather even around the piles of grain. Don’t stop her.
16 And make her work easier by dropping some full heads of grain for her. Let her gather that grain. Don’t tell her to stop.”
17 Ruth worked in the fields until evening. Then she separated the grain from the chaff. There was about one-half bushel of barley.
18 Ruth carried the grain into town to show her mother-in-law what she had gathered. She also gave her the food that was left from lunch.