14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. …
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-18)See here, I. The good affection Naomi bore to the land of Israel, Ruth 1:6. Though she could not stay in it while the famine lasted, she would not stay out of it when the famine ceased. Though the country of Moab had afforded her shelter and supply in a time of need, yet she did not intend it should be her rest for ever; no land should be that but the holy land, in which the sanctuary of God was,…
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