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So Tobias called him and said, "Take for your wages half of all that you brought back, and farewell."
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Then Raphael called the two of them privately and said to them, "Bless God and acknowledge him in the presence of all the living for the good things he has done for you. Bless and sing praise to his name. With fitting honor declare to all people the deeds of God. Do not be slow to acknowledge him.
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It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to acknowledge and reveal the works of God, and with fitting honor to acknowledge him. Do good and evil will not overtake you.
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Prayer with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than wealth with wrongdoing. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.
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For almsgiving saves from death and purges away every sin. Those who give alms will enjoy a full life,
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but those who commit sin and do wrong are their own worst enemies.
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"I will now declare the whole truth to you and will conceal nothing from you. Already I have declared it to you when I said, "It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal with due honor the works of God.'
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So now when you and Sarah prayed, it was I who brought and read the record of your prayer before the glory of the Lord, and likewise whenever you would bury the dead.
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And that time when you did not hesitate to get up and leave your dinner to go and bury the dead,
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I was sent to you to test you. And at the same time God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law.
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I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord."