- Reasons for Reading
- Last Act
- Which redeemer? (vv. 1-4)
- The cost of redeeming (vv. 5-10)
- Last Words
- A wife for Boaz (vv. 11-12)
- A son for Ruth (vv. 13)
- A grandson (and a daughter-in-law) for Naomi (vv. 14-17)
- A grandfather for David (v. 17)
- The line of Perez (vv. 18-21)
- The line of Jesus (Matthew 1)
- Who can speak of his descendants? (Isaiah 53)
