Parable of the rich man

This week's message is on the parable of the rich man.  In it, Jesus tells a man to be wary of every form of greed, and then, at the end of the parable, he says to sell everything and give it away.  Is this meant to be understood as something for us all to do, as the monks have done for centuries (vow of poverty), or is it to be understood figuratively as pointing out our need to make sure "things" don't have a hold on us?