 And so here, Jesus refuses to get caught up in such temporary or material issues that to him, frankly, just smells of a heart that is consumed by greed, as we're about to see. In fact, notice he addresses him here in verse 14 as a mere man, or you could just translate it as old man. In other words, he's coming to him about some material or temporary triviality, but with no view of eternity in mind. That is Jesus' perspective.