A member of the Church helped himself to a Bible almost every Sunday, taking it home after the service.

The minister didn’t mind because the parishioner was a liar, and the minister hoped that some of the truth of the Bible would rub off on him.

Costs started to mount, so after a service one Sunday, the minister asked the parishioner if he’d taken a Bible. The parishioner denied doing so.

Weeks went by and more Bibles were missing. The minister went to the parishioner and asked point-blank, “Have you been taking the Good Book from us?”

The Parishioner said, “No, Reverend. I’ll swear to that on a stack of Bibles!”