"Oh, my God, my Lord! My Almighty! If the Almighty - may Your holy name be blessed forever - if You gave me a hundred thousand dollars, I would immediately give ten thousand to the poor. I promise I would! You know that, don't You? And if the Almighty - may Hes be blessed - does not trust me about my promise, then please deduct the ten thousand in advance and only give me ninety thousand."
有一个很穷又很吝啬的人向上帝祷告。不过他的祷告方式非常有名，简直比圣经上那段「我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们」（马太福音6:11）的祷告辞还厉害。这个吝啬老人的祷告词据说是这样的：
「哦！我的上帝，全能的主啊！愿您的圣名永世流传！如果您赐给我十万元，我会立刻将一万元捐给穷人！我一定会信守承诺，上帝您应该清楚我的为人！全能的
上帝啊！若您真的不相信我的话，那就请先把这一万元扣掉，给我九万元就好了！」
