Matthew 12

Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

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Matthew 12

Peter Combes – January 26, 2003

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(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

 

1.       Read Deuteronomy 23:25  Plucking ears of grain of a neighbor's field was:
  1. totally forbidden
  2. always permissible
  3. permissible if payment were made
  4. only permissible during a Jubilee
2.      Charged with "threshing corn" (working) on the Sabbath, Jesus replied that:
  1. the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath
  2. the Sabbath was made for Man, and not Man for the Sabbath
  3. the disciples were priests, and thus could work on the Sabbath
  4. David did worse
3.      "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice" is a quotation from:
  1. Amos
  2. Micah
  3. Hosea
  4. Malachi
4.      Asked if it were lawful to heal on the Sabbath, Jesus replied:
  1. No, never
  2. only in cases of immediate mortal danger
  3. only if a priest were present
  4. Yes
5.       Matthew said that Jesus did acts of healing in order to:
  1. show His love
  2. prove He was the Messiah
  3. fulfil a prophecy from Isaiah
  4. prepare for the Day of the Lord
6.       Accused of healing by using demonic powers, Jesus:
  1. asked for an exorcism
  2. asked how a divided house could stand
  3. said that healing was easy
  4. said that his patients were not really sick

 

7.         Whom did Jesus call a "brood of vipers"?:
  1. Pharisees
  2. Sadducees
  3. Essenes
  4. Herodians
8.         Jesus said that the only "sign" that would be given would be:
  1. resurrection
  2. feeding five thousand
  3. turning water into wine
  4. walking on water

 

9.       Jesus suggested that some of his cures were reversible; in particular the healing of:
  1. demoniacs
  2. paralytics
  3. lepers
  4. blind men
10.        When told that his mother and brothers were outside, Jesus:
  1. denied knowing them
  2. stood them beside him
  3. went out to greet them
  4. said that all his followers were family