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The Rabbi, the Priest and the Minister
(Dishonest).
Topics: Jokes, Giving, Riches,
Death
A rich man heard that he had only a few months left to live and so he went in turn to a rabbi, a priest and a minister, saying to each of them:
"I know you cannot take money along, but I'd like to try anyway. So here, you have $100,000. I want you to throw it into my grave at burial."
A few months later the man died and the three of them attended his funeral, each dropping an envelope into his grave. A couple of weeks later they came together for some other business and suddenly the priest said:
"I have something weighing on my mind. You remember the funeral of Mr. Rich and how he asked us each to drop $100,000 into his grave, that he might take it along. Well, to tell you the truth .... the altar of our church needed to be replaced, so I took some of the money. There was only $70,000 in the envelope I threw in."
The minister looked uncomfortable. "Well," he said, "to be honest, the belfry of our church needed repair and ur ...... I put only $30,000 in the envelope."
There was silence for a moment.
Then the rabbi rebuked them: "You have been very dishonest. I dropped in a cheque for the total amount!"
(Thanks to Hanna)