First ReadingTobit 2:9-14
From the Book of Tobit
9The same night I returned from burying him,and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted;and my face was uncovered.10I didn’t know that there were sparrows in the wall.My eyes were openand the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes,and white films came over my eyes.I went to the physicians, and they didn’t help me;but Achiacharus nourished me, until I went into Elymais.
11My wife Anna wove cloth in the women’s chambers,12and sent the work back to the owners.They on their part paid her wages,and also gave her a kid.13But when it came to my house,it began to cry, and I said to her,“Where did this kid come from?Is it stolen?Give it back to the owners;for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.”14But she said, “It has been given to me for a gift more than the wages.”
I didn’t believe her,and I asked her to return it to the owners;and I was ashamed of her.
But she answered and said to me,“Where are your alms and your righteous deeds?Behold, you and all your works are known.”