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When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord.
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And because thou wast acceptable to God, it was necessary that temptation should prove thee.
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And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil.
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For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord.
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And when they had heard these things, they were troubled, and being seized with fear they fell upon the ground on their face.
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And the angel said to them: Peace be to you, fear not.
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For when I was with you, I was there by the will of God: bless ye him, and sing praises to him.
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I seemed indeed to eat and to drink with you: but I use an invisible meat and drink, which cannot be seen by men.
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It is time therefore that I return to him that sent me: but bless ye God, and publish all his wonderful works.
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And when he had said these things, he was taken from their sight, and they could see him no more.
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Then they lying prostrate for three hours upon their face, blessed God: and rising up, they told all his wonderful works.