A 6th grade teacher posed the following problem to her arithmetic classes: "A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?" After a very long silence in the classroom, little Joey raised his hand.

The teacher called on Joey for his answer. With complete sincerity in his voice, Joey answered, "A lawyer!"

He's probably right. Where there is a will, there is often a lawsuit.

Someone in the crowd listening to Jesus said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."

The more things change, the more they stay the same. How many families have come to grief because of the settling of an estate? Money does that to us, doesn'…