Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Tobit 2:4
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 83, footnote 4 (Image)
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Chapter XVI. After saying a few words about Tobit he demonstrates that Raguel surpassed the philosophers in virtue. (HTML)
96. Tobit also clearly portrayed in his life true virtue, when he left the feast and buried the dead,[Tobit 2:4] and invited the needy to the meals at his own poor table. And Raguel is a still brighter example. For he, in his regard for virtue, when asked to give his daughter in marriage, was not silent regarding his daughter’s faults, for fear of seeming to get the better of the suitor by silence. So when Tobit the son of Tobias asked that his daughter might be given him, he answered that, according to the law, she ought to be given him as ...