Tobit 11:3-12

3 We should go on ahead of your wife and get the house ready before everyone else arrives.
4 Be sure to bring the fish's gall bladder with you." So they went on ahead, and Tobias' dog ran along with them.
5 Meanwhile, Anna sat looking down the road for her son.
6 Suddenly she saw him coming and she shouted out to Tobit, "Look! Our son is coming, and his friend is with him!"
7 Before they reached Tobit, Raphael said to Tobias, "Your father will be able to see again.
8 Just put the fish's gall bladder on his eyes like a plaster. The medicine will make the white film shrivel up so that you can peel it off, and your father will then regain his eyesight."
9 Anna ran to her son, threw her arms around him, and exclaimed, "Now that I have seen you alive, my child, I can die in peace!" And she wept for joy.
10 Tobit got up and stumbled out through the entrance of the courtyard.
11 Tobias went up to him, holding the fish's gall bladder in his hand. He blew on his father's eyes and steadied him. "Don't worry now, father," he said.
12 Tobias then applied the gall, and beginning from the corners of Tobit's eyes, he peeled away the white film. 1

Cross References 1

  • 1. 11.12, 13Acts 9.18.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Tobias' dog . . . with; [some manuscripts have] the Lord accompanied.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.