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Which Roman emperor issued the census decree that sent Joseph to Bethlehem? Caesar Augustus
Augustus — Luke 2:1
Whose servant did Jesus heal without ever entering the house?
A Roman centurion’s — Matt. 8:5–13
What was the name of the beggar at the rich man’s gate?
Lazarus — Luke 16:20
Which prisoner was released instead of Jesus?
Barabbas — Mark 15:7–15
What did Jesus compare the religious leaders to, calling them “full of dead men’s bones”?
Whitewashed tombs — Matt. 23:27
Who was the aged prophetess who gave thanks over the infant Jesus in the temple?
Anna — Luke 2:36–38
How many stone water jars were at the wedding in Cana, and what were they for?
Six, for Jewish rites of purification — John 2:6
What did God call the man who tore down his barns to build bigger ones?
A fool — Luke 12:20
In what three languages was the inscription on the cross written?
Hebrew, Latin, and Greek — John 19:20
Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s — and what follows?
“And unto God the things that are God’s” — Mark 12:17
What offering did Mary and Joseph present at the temple, the one prescribed for the poor?
Two turtledoves or two young pigeons — Luke 2:24
How many baskets of leftovers were gathered after the feeding of the five thousand? Twelve —
Twelve — Mark 6:43
Who wore down a judge that neither feared God nor respected man?
A persistent widow — Luke 18:1–8
Which psalm did Jesus quote when he cried,
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Psalm 22 — Matt. 27:46
In John’s Gospel, what plant does Jesus compare himself to, with the Father as vinedresser?
The vine — John 15:1
Simeon warned Mary that what would pierce her own soul?
A sword — Luke 2:35
What name did the Gerasene demoniac give, “for we are many”?
Legion — Mark 5:9
What wage did every worker in the vineyard receive, no matter the hour?
A denarius — Matt. 20:9–10
What two things flowed out when the soldier pierced Jesus’ side?
Blood and water — John 19:34
In the sheep-and-goats judgment, when the righteous ask when they saw him hungry or thirsty, what other conditions do they name?
A stranger, naked, sick, in prison — Matt. 25:37–39
Matthew traces Jesus’ genealogy back to Abraham. How far back does Luke trace it
Adam — Luke 3:38
At which Jerusalem pool did Jesus heal a man who had been ill thirty-eight years?
Bethesda — John 5:2–9
The servant forgiven ten thousand talents throttled a fellow servant over how much?
A hundred denarii — Matt. 18:28
What two burial substances did Nicodemus bring, about a hundred pounds’ worth?
Myrrh and aloes — John 19:39
What phrase does Jesus repeat in the Sermon on the Mount after
But I say unto you” — Matt. 5:21–44