Scripture
Mark 10:45
Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45
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A municipal Chamber of Commerce was holding its annual black tie dinner. The chairman of the event was a sales manager, a man who tended to overstate his case whenever he introduced his product to a new customer. One of his duties as dinner-chairman was to introduce the speaker for the occasion. When he rose for this purpose, his sales manager’s propensity for exaggeration took over. “The man who I am about to introduce,” he said, “is the most gifted businessman in the country. He has made one hundred million dollars in California oil.” When the speaker came to the rostrum, he appeared to be a little embarrassed. After thanking the chairman for the introductory remarks, he said, “However, the facts need some clarification. It wasn’t oil, it was coal. It wasn’t California, it was Pennsylvania. It wasn’t one hundred million, it was one hundred thousand. It wasn’t me, it was my brother. And he didn’t make it, he lost it.
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