Usually it is due to some personal problem. B. Jesus had the same dilemma. He had been preaching on hypocrisy, hell and unforgivable sin. But a young man in the crowd didn't hear a word of it. He had a problem that so gripped his attention he could think of nothing else.
Few problems arouse as much intensity as money problems.
It appears that this man had been cheated out of his share, or at least wasn't satisfied with what he got. Actually, Jesus sees through to the deeper issue. The core of the man's problem is that he thought his inner needs could be satisfied with money. A decade later, that number jumped to 93 percent. In 1980, over 65 percent of college graduates were concerned about developing a philosophy of life.