Jesus told his followers:

9 “I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. 10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him. 15 He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”

Luke 16:9-15 - World English Bible

After the parable of the money manager, Jesus gave his followers advice on the use of money. Spend it as transparently as possible for the good of others. Those who cheat in small ways could not be trusted in large ways, for the cheater revealed his character. Mammon, the corrosive affect that the pursuit of riches have on the person, could trump love of God. Money and its use acted as a measure of one's virtue.

Luke made a comment about the Pharisees as lovers of money. The reader must remember that the gospel writer sympathized with the poor over the wealthy. Not every Pharisee, however, loved mammon over YHWH; not all the poor lived pure lives. But the desire for riches blinded people, allowing them to see themselves as innocent when, in God's eyes, they lacked a real concern for others.

How do you place your checkbook at the feet of Jesus?