Tobit 12:9 (WEB)
Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life;
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“And what safety can there be for us unless we wash away our sins by fasting, since Scripture says that fasting and alms do away sin?” — editor's note: Tobit xii. 8, 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Raphael the angel also witnesses the like, and exhorts that alms should be freely and liberally bestowed, saying, “Prayer is good, with fasting and alms; because alms doth deliver from death, and it purgeth away sins.”” — editor's note: Tob. xii. 8, 9.
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