Tobit 3:17

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And Raphael was sent to heal them both, that is, to scale away the whiteness of Tobit's eyes, and to give Sara the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit; and to bind Asmodeus the evil spirit; because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance. The selfsame time came Tobit home, and entered into his house, and Sara the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.

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The reason why the Lord’s holy angel Raphael (which means “the healing of God”) was sent was to rid Tobit of blindness and Sarah of the demon. The Lord, who says of himself, “It is not those who are well that need the physician but those who are ill,” was sent into the world to redeem both the Jewish people from the darkness of unbelief and the Gentiles from the bondage of idolatry. And of him the prophet said, “And his name shall be called the angel of great counsel.” - "On Tobit 3.25"

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