MATTHEW 21
What did Jesus say is the greatest commandment?
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
In the parable of the wedding banquet, who prepared a wedding banquet for his son?
The King (God the Father)
Who wrote the gospel we are studying?
Matthew
What did Jesus tell the people to respond regarding the teachers of the law and Pharisees?
Do what they say, not what they do.
What did Jesus say would happen to the temple buildings?
Not one stone will be left on another.
What is the second greatest commandment?
"Love your neighbor as yourself."
Which group of religious leaders asked Jesus for His opinion on whether they should pay taxes to Caesar?
The Pharisees.
From Matthew 23, name a spice that was tithed by the Pharisees?
Mint, dill or cummin.
This word means to pretend to be something that you are not.
What is hypocrite?
Where were Jesus and the disciples when Jesus predicted the temple's destruction?
Mount of Olives
In the parable of the two sons, who does the landowner represent?
God the Father
Which group asked Jesus in heaven whose wife is the woman who was married and widowed to seven brothers?
The Sadducees
What will be heard when Jesus comes again?
A loud trumpet call.
What awaits those who reject Jesus?
Judgment
In chapter 24, what was Jesus mainly warning against?
Deception, false prophets, phony claims
In the parable of the wicked tenants, what did the landowner request?
A portion of the harvest
What question did the Herodians (law experts) ask Jesus?
Which is the greatest commandment?
What is a capstone?
The stone that sets the foundation and wall lines for a building.
Name one question Jesus asked the Pharisees?
Who is Jesus?
Whose Son is the Messiah?
Why did David call His Son "Lord"?
Name two things that will signal the approaching end times.
Natural disasters, famines, earthquakes, increased persecution and death of believers, powerful lightning flashes, falling heavenly bodies.
In the parable of the wicked tenants, who do the tenants represent?
The people of Israel.
In the parable of the wedding banquet, what did the clothes furnished by the king represent?
The righteousness provided by Christ.
From Matthew 21, what does BARUCH HABAH BSHEM ADONOI mean?
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Name two of the Seven Woes.
Woe to hypocrites who (1) shut up heaven in people's faces; (2) make converts worse than themselves; (3) blind guides; (4) magnify the insignificant and minimize the essential; (5) are outwardly clean but inwardly sinful; (6) are whitewashed tombs, dead on the inside; (7) live like sinful ancestors.
Which prophet spoke of "the abomination that causes desolation?"
Daniel