8 “It is better to pray sincerely and to please God by helping the poor than to be rich and dishonest. It is better to give to the poor than to store up gold.
9 Such generosity will save you from death and will wash away all your sins. Those who give to the poor will live full lives,
10 but those who live a life of sin and wickedness are their own worst enemies.
11 “I have already told you that a king's secret ought to be kept, but the things God does should be told to everyone. Now I will reveal to you the full truth and keep nothing back.
12 Tobit, when you and Sarah prayed to the Lord, I was the one who brought your prayers into his glorious presence. I did the same thing each time you buried the dead.
13 On the day you got up from the table without eating your meal in order to bury that corpse, God sent me to test you.
14 But he also sent me to cure you and to rescue your daughter-in-law, Sarah, from her troubles.