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Topics: Coveting; Greed; Help; Money; Needs; Provision

References: 1 Kings 17:1–16; Matthew 6:25–34; 1 Timothy 6:6–11

Danny Simpson, twenty-four, robbed a bank in Ottawa, Canada, of $6,000 in 1990. He was caught and sentenced to six years in prison. He used a.45 caliber Colt semiautomatic in the robbery, which turned out to be an antique made by the Ross Rifle Company, Quebec City, in 1918.

It was worth up to $100,000—much more than Simpson stole. If he had just known what he carried in his hand, he wouldn’t have robbed the bank.

In other words, Danny already had what he needed.

—The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia (September 19, 1990)