Immediate Context
Message/Interpretation
Kingdom of God
Social/Historical/Cultural Context
Miscellaneous
100
The Pharisee & Tax Collector parable comes directly after the Parable of the Persistent Widow and directly before Jesus' teaching about these people and the Kingdom of God.
Who are little children?
100
Jesus teaches to have mercy on others because the Lord has had mercy on us in this parable.
What is the Unforgiving Servant?
100
According to the presentation, this parable teaches Kingdom ethics.
What is the Unforgiving Servant?
100
The prayer of this man would have been considered high-minded and holy by first-century Jews.
Who is the Pharisee?
100
Jesus addresses this audience in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.
Who are his disciples?
200
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant is a prelude to Jesus' confrontation with the Pharisees regarding this subject.
What is the lawfulness of divorce?
200
This parable teaches that God will forgive these people (2-part answer).
What is the Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector; those who humble themselves before him?
200
The Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector demonstrates that the Kingdom of God belongs to these people.
Who are the outsiders/humble?
200
This man in this parable was considered a despised member of society (two-part answer).
Who is the tax collector in the Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector?
200
This theme is evident in the Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector.
What is the theme of reversal?
300
Jesus tells the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant immediately after his teaching on this subject.
What is church life and discipline/dealing with sin in the church?
300
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant is a warning against this.
What is unforgiveness?
300
Kingdom Behavior taught in the Unforgiving Servant requires that one show this to others because God has shown it to us.
What is mercy/forgiveness?
300
This would likely happen to you if you were living in first-century Israel and were unable to repay your debt.
What is sold into slavery?
300
This question by Peter initiates Jesus' teaching of the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.
What is "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother?"
400
The Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector can be found in this section of Luke.
What is the Gospel for the Outcast?
400
An allegorical interpretation of the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant would view the King as representative of this "person" and the servant who was forgiven the huge debt as representative of these people (2-part answer).
Who are God (as King) and us (as forgiven servants)?
400
Forgiveness that provides access to the Kingdom of God comes from this type of people.
Who are the humble?
400
According to the lecture, this amount of debt in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant would have been considered impossible to repay.
What is 10,000 bags of gold?
400
Although fasting was only commanded annually by Mosaic Law, the Pharisees however also fasted twice a week on these two days.
What are Monday and Thursday?
500
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant and the Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector are found in these locations in the Bible (order counts).
What is Matthew 18:21-35 & Luke 18:9-14?
500
The Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector demonstrate that God requires not this, but this (2-part answer, order counts).
What are religiosity and humility?
500
This story illustrates an improper attitude of one who is destined for the Kingdom of God.
What is the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant?
500
This conclusion made by Jesus in the Parable of the Pharisee & Tax Collector would have been considered shocking in first-century Judaism.
What is the forgiveness of the tax collector?
500
Verse 22 in the Unforgiving Servant makes reference to this location in Genesis in which Lamech demonstrates his arrogance by announcing, "If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech's seventy-seven times."
What is Genesis 4:24?