Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 16:14

14 And the Pharisees also who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Concerning the Pharisees Covetousness, we have often heard before, and indeed they were so from this Principle, that none but the Rich were happy, and blessed, and that all poor People were Cursed, Iohn 7.49. in opposition to whom some think that our Saviour, Chap. 6.20. Blessed the Poor. The promises relating to the old Testament, and made to the Jews, were generally of Temporal Blessings, tho under them Spiritual Mercies were also understood. As Hypocrites can never endure to have their beloved Lusts touched, and Persons that have Drank in an Error, have no patience to hear it contradicted; so the Pharisees had no patience to hear that Doctrine, which crossed what they had taught, and struck at their darling Lusts. They derided him. The Word used, signifyeth a deriding with the highest degree of Scorn and Contempt.

Marginal references: Mat. 23.14.