Finish the Phrase
He who has ears to hear...
Let him hear!
The landowner agrees to pay this amount to the laborers he hires early in the morning
What is a denarius?
In this parable the “seed” represents?
What is God's word?
A weed that looks like wheat but is not edible
What is a Tare?
A simple story with which is told to express one or several ideas or themes
What is a Parable?
Jesus told Peter he should forgive this many times.
What is seventy times seven (490. infinitely)
There will be wailing and ....
gnashing of teeth
The landowner told the laborers he hired later in the day they would be paid
What is "whatever is right"?
The seeds which sprang up quickly but withered because they had no root and depth represent
Who are people with shallow belief or no source of nourishment?
Roots are shallow and sometimes life gets too busy and stressful
The master sows the good seed. This one sows the bad seed in the night
Who is the enemy?
Jesus used metaphors and similes, making comparisons from the known natural world to relate truths about the
What is the spiritual world?
In this parable the first servant owes his master how much
What is ten thousand talents (a huge amount, millions
Many parables of Christ begin with this phrase
What is, "The kingdom of heaven is like..."
The grumbling early workers represent
Who are those who feel a sense of self-righteous entitlement or jealousy because they compare their perceived "load" or length of service to the unearned grace given to latecomers.
Religious leaders
Jews
The seed that fell among the thorns represents
Who are those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced
They notice the tares among the wheat and ask if they should pull them up to destroy them
Who are the servants?
The most important thing about the parables
Who is the person who told them (Jesus)?
In this parable the master who is owed the debt represents
Who is God?
So the last will be first
What is 'and the first last'?
Who are those who come to faith late in life or unexpected groups welcomed into God's grace equally even though they worked only one hour.
Gentiles
Where the seeds which grew up and produced much fruit fell.
What are the seeds that fell in the good soil?
The tares were not pulled up until the harvest for this reason
What is in order to avoid uprooting the good wheat?
A parable is a simple story that reaches through the mind and into the ___ so that we grow not just in knowledge but in love.
What is the heart?
In this parable the Master decided at first to do what with the servant who owed him a large amount of money
What is forgave him his debt.
For many are called,
What is "but few are chosen.”
Workers hired early represented
Who are those who have served God for a long time, or self-righteous religious figures who might expect preferential treatment based on their length of labor.
(Pharisees and Sadducees)
Jews
The birds that ate the seed on the road represent
Who is the devil?
The tares were not gathered into the barn at harvest with the wheat; instead they were....
What is burned up in fire?
In the parable of the wheat and the tares, the seeds represent this in the parable; not people.
What is ideas/thoughts/actions.
The forgiven servant treated another servant who owed him a small debt in what way?
What is demanded payment and had him imprisoned.
"Have patience with me,"
What is " and I will pay you everything"
By paying the workers who were hired an hour or two before the end of the day, the landowner demonstrates
What is generosity?
The seed that fell on the footpath represents
Who are those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don’t understand it.
In this parable, the harvest represents the:
What is the End Times (Apocalypse, Armageddon)?
According to Rabbinic law required forgiving an offender this many times.
What is 3 times?
When the other servants saw what the forgiven servant did to the one who owed him the told the Master. His response was
What is sent him to prison until he paid his entire debt
“Let both grow together"...
What is "... until the harvest”
The main idea of this parable is that
What is God's kingdom runs on grace and generosity, not human calculations of fairness.
In this parable the apostles asked Jesus ...
What is, Why he taught in parables
In this parable the field where the wheat and tares are planted represents the:
What is the world?
A Key Characteristic of a parable
(Double points if you can name all three.)
What is
According to the Bible there are two conditions that must be met for God to forgive
What is shedding of blood and repentance?