With this example of God's lavishing grace before them, Jesus tells a parable to teach religious people the proper treatment of sinners. If he was not before, he became by this decision an unjust steward. The parable gives two examples of the forgery.
Sinners plan their brief retirement more thoughtfully than saints plan for eternity.
Here was a man of the world whose fortunes were tottering to a fall. What zeal . If this is so, the point is much the same as the application of the parable of Lazarus and Dives. That is, how we handle earthly treasure will be decisive in determining whether God trusts us with eternal treasure. Thus, the great issue of life is represented as the choice between God and some other ruler of one's life. . . .