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In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,
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And said with himself, I have wished for death; wherefore do I not call for my son Tobias that I may signify to him of the money before I die?
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And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead, bury me; and despise not thy mother, but honour her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not.
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Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb: and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.
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My son, be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days, and let not thy will be set to sin, or to transgress his commandments: do uprightly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness.
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For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.
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Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.
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If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little:
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For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity.
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Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.
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For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High.