Ten of Your Own Flour Barrels
StoryAnalogy★★★★“How is it,” asked a miller of a farmer, “that when I came to measure those ten barrels of apples I bought from you I found them nearly two barrels short?” “Singular, very singular, for I sent them to you in ten of your own flour barrels,” the farmer said. RECOMPENSE
— Hoover for the relief sent him.
Also attributed to: Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Herbert Hoover, Unknown
The point
A miller complains that ten barrels of apples from a farmer were short by nearly two barrels, to which the farmer replies that he sent them in ten of the miller's own flour barrels, implying the miller's dishonest measures are being used against him.
Scripture
Luke 6:38Matthew 7:2Galatians 6:7Mark 4:24
Audience
AdultsYouth
Occasions
Thanksgiving · Missions
Tone
Humorous · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 76 words
Subjects