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Parables of Jesus Quiz: Scripture Study & Explanations

The Parables of Jesus conveyed revolutionary spiritual truths using familiar agrarian and cultural imagery. Through stories like the Prodigal Son, Good Samaritan, and Sower, Christ revealed the nature of God's Kingdom, radical grace, and the call to repentance.

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Q1.In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, who helped the injured man?

A) A Priest
B) A Levite
C) A Samaritan ✓
D) A Soldier
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 10:33 - 'But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,'

Q2.What did the father do when the Prodigal Son returned?

A) Refused to see him
B) Made him a servant
C) Ran to him and kissed him ✓
D) Scolded him
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 15:20 - '“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.'

Q3.In the Parable of the Sower, what does the 'seed' represent?

A) Money
B) The Word of God ✓
C) Good deeds
D) Faith
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 8:11 - 'Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.'

Q4.The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which becomes...

A) A small bush
B) A large tree ✓
C) A flower
D) A weed
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 13:32 - 'which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”'

Q5.In the Parable of the Lost Sheep, how many sheep did the shepherd leave behind?

A) 10
B) 50
C) 99 ✓
D) 100
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 18:12 - '“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?'

Q6.What did the wise man build his house on?

A) Sand
B) Rock ✓
C) Wood
D) Grass
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 7:24 - '“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.'

Q7.In the Parable of the Ten Virgins, what did the five foolish ones lack?

A) Lamps
B) Oil ✓
C) Money
D) Faith
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 25:3 - 'Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,'

Q8.What did the man given one talent do with it?

A) Invested it
B) Spent it
C) Dug a hole and hid it ✓
D) Lost it
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 25:18 - 'But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.'s money.'

Q9.In the Parable of the Rich Fool, what did the man plan to do?

A) Give to the poor
B) Build bigger barns ✓
C) Share with neighbors
D) Travel the world
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 12:18 - 'He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.'

Q10.Who went home justified in the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector?

A) The Pharisee
B) The Tax Collector ✓
C) Both
D) Neither
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 18:14 - 'I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”'

Q11.How much did the Unforgiving Servant owe the king?

A) 100 denarii
B) 10,000 bags of gold (talents) ✓
C) 50 shekels
D) 5000 denarii
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 18:24 - 'When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.'

Q12.Why was a guest thrown out of the wedding banquet?

A) He was late
B) He was rude
C) He was not wearing wedding clothes ✓
D) He didn't bring a gift
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 22:12-13 - 'and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’'

Q13.In the Parable of the Lost Coin, what did the woman do to find it?

A) Waited for morning
B) Lit a lamp and swept the house ✓
C) Asked her neighbors
D) Bought a new one
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 15:8 - 'Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?'

Q14.In the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, what did the gardener ask for?

A) Cut it down immediately
B) One more year to dig round it and fertilize it ✓
C) Plant a new tree
D) Sell the land
Scriptural Explanation: Luke 13:8 - 'He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.'ll dig around it and fertilize it.'

Q15.What did the merchant do when he found the pearl of great price?

A) Hid it
B) Stole it
C) Sold all he had and bought it ✓
D) Ignored it
Scriptural Explanation: Matthew 13:46 - 'who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.'

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