1Tobit then called his son Tobias and said to him, "My son, see to the wages of the man who went with you; and he must also be given more." 2He replied, "Father, it would do me no harm to give him half of what I have brought back. 3For he has led me back to you safely, he cured my wife, he obtained the money for me, and he also healed you." 4The old man said, "He deserves it." 5So he called the angel and said to him, "Take half of all that you two have brought back."
6Then the angel called the two of them privately and said to them:
11"I will not conceal anything from you. I have said, `It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God.' 12And so, when you and your daughter-in-law Sarah prayed, I brought a reminder of your prayer before the Holy One; and when you buried the dead, I was likewise present with you. 13When you did not hesitate to rise and leave your dinner in order to go and lay out the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me, but I was with you. 14So now God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah. 15I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels who present the prayers of the saints and enter into the presence of the glory of the Holy One."
16They were both alarmed; and they fell upon their faces, for they were afraid. 17But he said to them, "Do not be afraid; you will be safe. But praise God for ever. 18For I did not come as a favour on my part, but by the will of our God. Therefore praise him for ever. 19All these days I merely appeared to you and did not eat or drink, but you were seeing a vision. 20And now give thanks to God, for I am ascending to him who sent me. Write in a book everything that has happened." 21Then they stood up; but they saw him no more. 22So they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and acknowledged that the angel of the Lord had appeared to them.
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