A rich merchant arrived at a city to collect debts owed to him. He was insistent for payment by those who owed him large sums but he did not press the smaller debts as strenuously. One very poor man he did not bother at all.
The wretchedly poor man boasted to others, "See, I am left alone because my credit is better than yours."
"Oh no -- that is not the reason," the others explained. "The merchant does not bother you because you are so small and insignificant. You have little or nothing to give."
Moral: Since Moses was harshly chastised for a minor sin, how are we, insignificant by comparison to him, to be punished for our numerous sins? But, we are only inconspicuous beings, like the poor merchant, who have nothing.
The wretchedly poor man boasted to others, "See, I am left alone because my credit is better than yours."
"Oh no -- that is not the reason," the others explained. "The merchant does not bother you because you are so small and insignificant. You have little or nothing to give."
Moral: Since Moses was harshly chastised for a minor sin, how are we, insignificant by comparison to him, to be punished for our numerous sins? But, we are only inconspicuous beings, like the poor merchant, who have nothing.
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