“The issues of wealth and poverty are complex…Anxiety about money is a disease among both those who have it and those who do not…Generous sharing of one’s goods can free one from the danger to the soul which lies coiled in the possession of things…The disciples are to handle material things so as to secure heaven and the future. How one handles property has eternal consequences…The life of the disciple is one of faithful attention to the frequent and familiar tasks of each day, however small or insignificant they may seem. The one faithful in today’s nickels and dimes is the one to be trusted with the big account [cf. Luke 16:1-13].”
Fred B. Craddock in Luke: Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009) 189-191.