To take the reputation of others is to steal. We're just like the robbers in the story. But, the priest and the Levite who came by next stole from the man as well. They stole from this man the care which they should have given to him, the compassion they should have shown him. They stole from him as well.
Passive theft is still theft.
Let's return to meddling. God calls us to give him a minimum of ten percent of all our goods and possessions for his purposes. Not just a tenth of our money, but of our time, talents, and abilities as well. Yet you rob me. In tithes and offerings.