Tax collectors
Who hated tax collectors in Jesus' time?
Jews
Which book of the Bible does the memory text come from?
Matthew
Who is in need of a physician?
The sick
Fill in the blanks:
"And no one puts new _____ into old wineskins"
wine
What is the name of the Lesson?
Not love at first sight
A jew who had become a tax collector was seen as what?
A traitor
When Jesus was eating with his disciples who came and ate with them?
sinners and tax collectors
Who complained to the disciples about Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners?
scribes and the Pharisees
Fill in the blanks:
"No one puts a piece from a new ______ on an old one"
garment/ robe
True or false:
Jesus only wanted to be associated with people who had good reputations
False
What does a tax collector do?
Their job is to collect unpaid taxes from people/ businesses
Whose house was Jesus eating at?
Matthew
Fill in the blanks:
Those who are well have no need of a ________?
physician/ healer/ doctor
If new wine is put in old wineskins what will happen to the wine/ wineskins
the wineskins will burst (and be ruined)/ the wine will spill (or be wasted)
True of false:
People don't like tax collectors to this day?
true
True or false:
Jews accepted the tax collectors
False
What meal of the day was Jesus eating in the key text: breakfast? lunch? dinner?
Dinner
Who did Jesus come to call to repentance?
sinners/ people who have sinned/ us
fill in the blanks
"the piece that was taken out of the new [garment] does not _____ the old"
match/ fit
true of false:
"It doesn’t matter where you’ve come from—you can claim the promise of eternal life in Jesus"
When Jesus accepted the tax collectors how did this make the jews feel?
Unhappy/ upset
What did the Pharisees ask Jesus disciples when they saw who Jesus was eating with?
"why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
According to the story, when will the friends of the bridegroom fast?
in the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them/ when the bridegroom has left
Someone who has drank old wine doesn't immediately desire new wine; instead they say...?
“The old is better.”
Name a tax collector in the bible (he was a short man)
Zacchaeus