In Luke 16, Jesus teaches His disciples through the Parable of the Unjust Steward, illustrating the importance of faithfulness to God. He recounts the story of a manager accused of wasting his owner's goods, who cunningly uses worldly wisdom to secure his future by forgiving portions of the debtors' obligations, thus making friends for himself. Though the master fires him for wasting the estate, he reluctantly commends the steward for his shrewdness in worldly cleverness, level-headedness, and forethought. Jesus addresses this parable to His disciples, noting that the sons of this world are often wiser in their ways than the sons of light. He instructs them to use spiritual wisdom as shrewdly as the steward used secular wisdom. In Luke 16:9, He says, "And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations." By unrighteous mammon, He refers to wealth gained through sinful means, which can become a power for evil in the hands of the unconverted. Yet, He advises using such wealth to create true friends by investing in spiritual education and promoting the Kingdom of God, so that others might be converted. Jesus emphasizes that wealth should be put to good use in this life, as it will fail and lose value at His return. Since the world covets money, the church must use it to access facilities and make God's truth available. He concludes by stressing the need to be carefully honest and reliable in handling material blessings, for only then will God commit eternal treasures to His faithful servants.

After we are baptized and become members of God's church, we inherit a new primary job and responsibility—that is to become a steward. A narrower definition consists of managing God's possessions, information, and time. Looking at fuller definitions throughout, we learn how much that God expects from us and what we must account for at the end during our judgement. The importance is demonstrated through the considerable quantity of parables that Jesus gives that covers the subject matter of stewardship, either directly discussed or implied through their content. Matthew 20, Luke 12, and Luke 16 are some of the famous chapters that contain these parables. These stewardship parables display the stakes of doing well in this job; if we do well, we inherit eternal life as first fruits. If we misuse his gifts by becoming poor stewards of the gifts that are entrusted to us, then it shows what our ultimate attitude would be towards eternal life and are not deemed worthy of it. We are given a list of we ten areas that are a good starting point of everything God expects us to manage; we are encouraged to keep close tabs on these responsibilities.