Once upon a time, when Jesus Christ was going with His disciples to
Jerusalem, He met an old man, and asked alms of him. The old man said
to Him:
"I am an old soldier, and they sent me away from the army with only
two sous, because I was no longer good for anything. I have already
given away one sou on the road; I have only one left, and I give that
to you."
Then our Lord says to him, "Which would you prefer, a sack of gold
or Paradise?"