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Tob 3:3

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 3:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offenses, nor those of my parents.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Parents, so as to punish me on their account. (Menochius) — The Scripture frequently seems to indicate that this is the case; (Exodus xx. 5.) and the Church still prays, Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our parents. (Calmet) — But children are only punished when they imitate the wicked conduct of their ancestors: they may be afflicted, though innocent, as their virtue will thus be tried, and shine more gloriously. (Haydock) — The pagans, being convinced that God can be guilty of no injustice, and perceiving that people who appeared to be free from sin were yet unhappy, concluded that they were explaining the sins committed in another world. (Plotin. ii. 13.; Origen, prin. iii.) (Calmet) — This might arise from a confused notion of original sin. (Pascal’s Thoughts.) (Haydock)”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.