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This week we test your knowledge on the Parables of Jesus. Reference scriptures are included:
- Why did Jesus speak in Parables?
"Because in seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand."
- In the Parable of the Sower, what was Jesus describing when He spoke of the seed that fell by the wayside?
He meant that when one who hears the Word but does not understand it, the wicked one snatches away what was sown.
- In the Parable of the Sower, what was Jesus describing when He spoke of the seed that fell on stony places?
The one who hears the Word and receives it with joy but because he has no root, when tribulaton or persecution comes, he stumbles.
- In the Parable of the Sower, what was Jesus describing when He spoke of the seed that fell among thorns?
The one who hears the Word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.
- In the Parable of the Sower, what was Jesus describing when He spoke of the seed that fell on good ground?
The one who hears the Word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit.
- In the Parable of the Wheat and Tares, how are the reapers to harvest?
They were to gather the tares and bind them in bundles to burn, then to gather the wheat into the barn.
- In the Parable of the Mustard Seed, how is the kingdom of God compared to the mustard seed?
The mustard seed is the least of seeds but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree.
- In the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price, how is the Kingdom of God compared to pearls?
When he finds one pearl of great price, he sells all that he has to buy it.
- In the Parable of the Dragnet, what will the angels do at the end of the age"
They will separate the wicked from the just.
- In the Parable of the Lost Sheep, what will the man do when he loses one of his one hundred sheep?
He will leave the ninety-nine to seek the one that has strayed.
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