Chapter 40 Merchant Barka of Tire

I believe neither the Romans nor the Jews understood Jesus of Nazareth, nor even his apostles who were spreading his name. The Romans made a great mistake by killing him; the Galileans made a mistake by making him a god. Jesus had a human heart. I have sailed with the fleet across the seven seas, and have done business with princes, nobles, swindlers and profiteers in the streets of distant foreign lands, but I have never seen anyone who understands businessmen like him. I once heard him tell such a fable: A merchant left his country for a foreign land.He had two servants, and he gave each of them a handful of gold, saying, "When I go on a journey, you should also go out and earn money. Do what is right and pay attention to a fair exchange."

A year later, the businessman came back. He asked the two servants what they had done with his gold. The first servant replied, "Look, sir, I've made a sale and made a profit." The merchant said, "The profit will be yours, because you have done well and you are true to me and to yourself." Then another servant stood up and said, "Sir, I was worried about losing your money, so I didn't buy or sell. Karma, the gold is still in this pocket." The merchant collected his gold and said, "You little man of faith! It is better to trade and lose money than to do nothing. The wind sows the seeds and waits to reap the fruit, just as all merchants do business. From now on, you will still Go serve someone else!"

Although Jesus was not a businessman, what he said revealed the mystery of the way of doing business. Also, his fables often carry my thoughts to places farther than the distant countries I have been to, and closer than my house and furniture. But the young Nazarene was not a god.It is a pity that his disciples managed to make such a sage into a god!