Tobit 2:2-14
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2 And when I saw abundance of meat, I said to my son, Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt find out of our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord; and, lo, I tarry for thee.
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3 But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.
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4 Then before I had tasted of any meat, I started up, and took him up into a room until the going down of the sun.
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5 Then I returned, and washed myself, and ate my meat in heaviness,
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6 Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.
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7 Therefore I wept: and after the going down of the sun I went and made a grave, and buried him.
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8 But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter: who fled away; and yet, lo, he burieth the dead again.
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9 The same night also I returned from the burial, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted and my face was uncovered:
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10 And I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes: and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Achiacharus did nourish me, until I went into Elymais.
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11 And my wife Anna did take women's works to do.
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12 And when she had sent them home to the owners, they paid her wages, and gave her also besides a kid.
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13 And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this kid? is it not stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stolen.
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14 But she replied upon me, It was given for a gift more than the wages. Howbeit I did not believe her, but bade her render it to the owners: and I was abashed at her. But she replied upon me, Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds? behold, thou and all thy works are known.