Tobit 12:12-22 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

12. When you prayed with tears, and buried the dead, and left behind your dinner, and hid the dead by day in your house, and buried them by night: I offered your prayer to the Lord.

13. And because you were acceptable to God, it was necessary for you to be tested by trials.

14. And now, the Lord has sent me to cure you, and to free Sarah, your son's wife, from the demon.

15. For I am the Angel Raphael, one of seven, who stand before the Lord."

16. And when they had heard these things, they were troubled, and being seized with fear, they fell upon the ground on their face.

17. And the Angel said to them: "Peace be to you. Fear not.

18. For when I was with you, I was there by the will of God. Bless him, and sing to him.

19. Indeed, I seemed to eat and drink with you, but I make use of an invisible food and drink, which cannot be seen by men.

20. Therefore, it is time that I return to him who sent me. But as for you, bless God, and describe all his wonders."

21. And when he had said these things, he was taken from their sight, and they were not able to see him any longer.

22. Then, lying prostrate for three hours upon their face, they blessed God. And rising up, they described all his wonders.

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