Sam's Parable Before the Ordination Council
Sam, who knew very little about the Bible was before the council to be ordained. One question was asked.
"Sam, what part of the Bible do you like best?"
"Well, suh, I like the New Testament, the best, suh."
"What book in the New Testament?"
"What book? suh, what book? Ah thinks it's the book of parables."
"Would you kindly relate to us one of those parables."
Poor Sam was up against it, but there was a chance the council members knew no more about the Bible than he did, so he decided to make a bold attempt, and proceeded as follows:
"Once upon a time a man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and and fell among thieves and thorns grew up and choked de man and he went on and he didn't have no money. He met the queen of Sheba and she gave him 1000 talents of gold and silver and 100 changes of raiments and he got in the chariot and drove fast and when he was drivin' along under a tree his hair got caught in a limb and left him hangin' in there. Yes, sur, and he hung dar for many days and nights and de ravens came and brought him food to eat and water to drink. And one night when he was hangin' dar fast asleep his wife Delilah came along and cut his hair and he dropped and fell on stony ground and it rained 40 days and 40 nights an' he hid himself in a cave and he went an' met a man who said, "Come in and take supper with me" but he said "I can't come, I have married a wife" and de man went out into the highway and byway and compelled him to come in."
"After supper he went to Jerusalem to see the queen of Sheba. She was sitting high in the window an' when he saw her laughin' at him he said, "Throw her down again: an' they threw her down 70 times seven. An' de fragments dey pick up was 12 baskets full. Now, whose wife will she be in de day of Judgment?"
There was no one on the Council who felt qualifies to question the candidate further.