Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When I saw how much food there was on the table, I said to Tobias, "Son, go out and find one of our people who is living in poverty here in exile, someone who takes God's commands seriously. Bring him back with you, so that he can share this festival meal with us. I won't start eating until you come back." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us. Tobit 1:25And Tobias returned to his house, and all his substance was restored to him. Tobit 2:1 But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house, Tobit 2:3 And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body. Tobit 2:4 And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously. Context Tobit 2…1But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house, 2He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us. 3And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body.… Cross References Tobit 1:25 And Tobias returned to his house, and all his substance was restored to him. Tobit 2:1 But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house, Tobit 2:3 And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body. Tobit 2:4 And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously. |