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14 “You know, O Master, that I am innocent
    of an act of impurity with any man,
15 and that I have never dishonored my name
    or the name of my father in this land of exile.
“I am the only child of my father,
    and he has no other child to be his heir.
Neither does he have a close relative or other kindred as a potential bridegroom
    for whom I should stay alive.
I have already suffered the loss of seven husbands.
    Why then should I want to live any longer?
However, if it is not your will, O Lord, to take my life,
    then look on me with pity
    and never again permit me to hear these insults.”

16 An Answer to Prayer.[a]At that very moment the prayer of both these petitioners was heard in the glorious presence of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Tobit 3:16 Is the cry of the righteous who are afflicted heard by God? The author lets us in on the secret: God is neither indifferent nor absent; his Providence disposes everything for the good of those who love him. Through the intermediary of an angel, Raphael—that is, “God heals”—his Providence intervenes in favor of his two suffering children.