The result was great local prosperity.
When Jesus saw how His words at Jerusalem on that occasion had been so utterly misunderstood or were misapplied through a desire for gain, He was filled with indignation, and began to speak in the market-place: "I tell you the Kingdom of God will be taken from these lovers of gain and given to a people more worthy of it.

For the good of one's fellow-men?
Does good depend on the property a man possesses?
Property is harmful to men; it hardens their hearts, and makes them continually fearful of loss and death.

And you call that good! There was once a rich man who after years of toiling and moiling had his barns full, and thought: Now I can rest and enjoy life.

But the next night he died, and the property to gain which he had destroyed body and soul he had to leave to those who quarrelled and disputed over it and mocked at him.

I tell you, if you gain the whole world and lose your soul--all is lost." When He had so spoken a very old man came up to Him and said: "Rabbi, you are poor, and it is easy for you to talk.