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But Anna, his mother, began to weep, and said to Tobit, "Why have you sent our child away? Is he not the staff of our hands as he goes in and out before us?
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Do not add money to money, but consider it as rubbish as compared to our child.
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For the life that is given to us by the Lord is enough for us."
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And Tobit said to her, "Do not worry, my sister; he will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him.
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For a good angel will go with him; his journey will be successful, and he will come back safe and sound." Tob 5:[22] So she stopped weeping.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.