Jesus Taught in Parables
What are parables?
Spiritual truths told in everyday or earthly stories.
What did Jesus use to tell people about God's Kingdom?
Parables
If Jesus said, "Let's cross to the other side of the Sea," What could stop them from getting there?
Nothing
What was Jairus who had the sick daughter?
He was a leader in the synagogue.
Where in the Bible do you find the Beatitudes?
In the Sermon on Mt in Matthew 5
What are the seeds in this parable?
The Word of God
Who was the man who planted the good wheat seeds in his field?
Jesus
This story has the only recorded instance of Jesus doing what?
Sleeping
How long had the woman in the crowd been sick?
12 years
Matthew 6:9-13 is the reference for what?
The Lord's Prayer
When the seeds fall on a hard path and are eaten by the birds, what does the bird represent?
The evil one
What do the wheat and the weeds represent?
The wheat is the people who accepted Jesus and the weeds are those who rejected Him.
What did the disciples do when they let their circumstances "cloud" their judgement and became afraid?
They woke Jesus up and said, "Lord, save us. Don't you care that we're going to die?"
When Jesus asked who touched Him and the woman admitted it was her, what did Jesus say to her?
Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.
Name the books of the gospels.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
What is it talking about when the seeds fell on good soil and made more grain than the farmer had planted?
Sharing the gospel with other people so that they might believe.
How does the smallest mustard seed growing into a strong tree represent God's kingdom?
His kingdom started in a small way with Jesus but grows as Jesus changes hearts and continues to grow through His church.
Did Jesus comfort or rebuke the disciples when they woke Him and what did He say?
He rebuked them by asking "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
Jesus told the crying people at Jairus' home that his daughter was sleeping and how did they respond?
They laughed at Jesus.
What book of the Bible is at the middle?
Psalm
What is the real problem which the soil represents?
The heart
Fill in the blanks: The kingdom of God is more ___________ than any _____________.
valuable / treasure
What did the disciples say when Jesus calmed the storm?
"Who is this man that even the wind and the waves obey Him?"
In these miracles of Jairus' daughter and the sick woman Jesus showed His power over what?
Death and disease.
What is a concordance?
It is an alphabetical index of words, at the back of some Bibles, with a definition and a listing of where the word can be found.