Luke 16:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the lord commended the unjust steward — Namely, in this respect, because he had used timely precaution: so that though the dishonesty of such a servant be detestable, yet his foresight, care, and contrivance, about the interests of this life, deserve our imitation, with regard to the more important affairs of another. The children of this world — Those who seek no other portion than this world: Are wiser — Not absolutely, for they are, one and all, egregious fools; but they are more consistent with themselves; they are truer to their principles; they more steadily pursue their end; they are wiser in their generation — That is, in their own way, than the children of light — The children of God, whose light shines on their hearts.