BIBLE QUIZ - MATTHEWROUND 1 Ch 1Q 1 Who was the mother of Perez and Zerah?

(2)

Q 2 What was the name of Salmon’s wife? (2)

Q 3 Who was Uriah’s widow’s son? (2)

Q 4 How many generations did Matthew say there were between the exile and the coming of the Messiah/Christ? (2)

Q 5 What name did the prophet give to the virgin’s son? (2)

Ch2Q 6 Who asked the chief priests and religious leaders where the

Messiah was to be born? (2)

Q 7 What sort of person did Micah the prophet say would rule the people of Israel? (2)

Q 8 Where did the angel tell Joseph to escape? (2)

Ch3Q 9 What was John the Baptiser’s message?

Max 6

Q 10 What did John call the Sadducees and Pharisees? (2)

Q 11 Why did John not want to baptise Jesus? (2)

Ch 4Q 12 How long did Jesus fast in the wilderness?

(Max 4)

Q 13 What were Satan’s three temptations?a) (Max 22)

Q 14 What did Jesus do when he heard that John had been put in prison? (Max 4)

Q 15 According to Matthew, who were Jesus’ first two disciples? (Max 4)

Ch 5Q 16 According to Jesus, what happens to those who mourn?

(2)

Q 17 Why should we rejoice when we are persecuted because of Jesus? (Max 12)

Q 18 What are we to do that is ‘more than’ the pagans and tax collectors do? (Max 4)

Ch 6Q 19 What is the heavenly reward we get if we do acts of

righteousness to be seen by others? (2)

Q 20 When praying what do the pagans do that we should avoid? (2)

Q 21 What will our Father in heaven do if we don’t forgive others? (Max 4)

Q 22 What are we to seek first? (Max 4)

Ch 7Q 23 Why can’t we take the speck of sawdust out of other people’s

eyes? (Max 4)

Q 24 According to Jesus, how many people find the narrow road that leads to life? (Max 4)

Q 25 What does the wise person do? (6)

ROUND 2Ch 8Q 26 When the man with leprosy asked Jesus to heal him, how did

Jesus answer him? (Max 4)

Q 27 When Jesus told the Centurion that he would go and heal his servant, how did the centurion respond? (Max 8)

Q 28 When the towns-people of the region of the Gadarenes saw that the demon-possessed men were healed, how did they treat Jesus? (2)

Ch 9 Q 29 When Jesus healed the paralysed man, he wanted the people to

know that he had a certain level of authority, what was it? (2)

Q 30 When Jesus asked Matthew to follow him, what did Matthew

do? (4)

Q 31 How did Jesus expect his disciples to respond to him telling them that the harvest was plentiful? (Max 6)

Ch 10Q 32 When Jesus sent out his twelve apostles, what was to be their

message and what would they do for the people?

(Max 14)

Q 33 Jesus said we are worth more than many what? (2)

Q 34 Who did Jesus specify as people who were not worthy of him? (Max 16)

Ch11Q 35 When John the Baptiser asked for proof that Jesus was the

Messiah, what evidence did Jesus give? (Max 12)

Q 36 a) Which were the towns Jesus compared to Tyre, Sidon and Sodom and b) what was the difference?a) b) (Max 12)

Q 37 How did Jesus describe the yoke and burden he asks us to carry? (4)

Ch 12Q 38 What did Jesus say people would do if their sheep fell into a pit

on the Sabbath day? (4)

Q 39 Who went to listen to the wisdom of Solomon? (2)

Q 40 Who did Jesus say were his mother, sister and brother? (Max 8)

Ch 13Q 41 What did Jesus say the seed that fell among the thorns

describe? (Max 10)

Q 42 What is the smallest seed that grows into a tree? (2)

Q 43 What did the merchant sell everything he had, to buy? (10)

Q 44 Why couldn’t Jesus perform many miracles in Nazareth? (2)

Ch 14Q 45 Why was Herod initially afraid to kill John the Baptiser?

(2)

Q 46 When the disciples told Jesus to send the people away at the end of the day, what was Jesus’ reply? (Max 10)

Q 47 a) Which of the disciples walked on water? b) How many times did they walk on water?a) b) (Max 7)

Ch15Q 48 Jesus said the Pharisees and teachers of the law had nullified

the word of God - for what? (Max 7)

Q 49 What are the things that come out of our hearts/mouths that Jesus said defile us?

(Max 14)

Q 50 a) How many loaves of bread did Jesus use to feed the 4000?b) Where did it take place?a) b) (4)

ROUND 3 Ch 16 Q 51 When Jesus asked, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

What did the disciples answer? (Max 12)

Q 52 When Peter rebuked Jesus for saying that Jesus would be killed, what was Jesus’ reply?

(Max 8)

Q 53 What was it Jesus said was not worth forfeiting your soul for? (2)

Ch 17Q 54 Who appeared with Jesus when he was transfigured?

(4)

Q 55 Why couldn’t the disciples heal the demon-possessed boy? (2)

Q 56 a) How much was the Temple tax for Jesus and Peter?b) Where did Peter get it from?a) b) (Max 10)

Ch 18Q 57 Jesus warned the people not to cause his little ones to stumble.

What did he say would be ‘better’ punishment, than what they would receive, if they did cause one of them to sin?

(8)

Q 58 In the parable of the sheep, how many did the shepherd leave in order to rescue the one that had gone astray? (2)

Q 59 According to Jesus, a) what would be done for us by his Father in heaven and b) why? (Max 10)

Ch 19Q 60 When Jesus was questioned by the Pharisees about divorce

Jesus quoted Genesis, what did he say? (Max 6)

Q 61 When the disciples rebuked people for bringing their children to Jesus for a blessing, what was Jesus’ reply to the disciples? (Max 6)

Q 62 What did the rich man do when Jesus told him to sell his possessions, give to the poor and follow him? (2)

Ch 20Q 63 When a vineyard worker, who had worked all day found out

that the labourers who had started at the end of the day got paid exactly the same as him, he complained to the owner. What did he reply? (Max 12)

Q 64 What did Zebedee’s wife ask Jesus? (Max 4)

Q 65 When the two blind men cried out to Jesus, what did he ask them? (2)

Ch 21Q 66 Once Jesus mounted the donkey ready to walk into Jerusalem,

what did people in the crowd do? (Max 6)

Q 67 When Jesus entered the temple and saw the money-changers and dove sellers he justified his actions by quoting which Scriptures? (Max 8)

Q 68 When the chief priests and elders challenged Jesus as to where his authority came from, Jesus asked them where John the Baptiser’s authority came from. When they answered that they didn’t know, what was Jesus’ reply?

(2)

Q 69 What did the tenants do to the servants, when the wealthy vineyard owner sent them to collect his fruit from them? (Max 6)

Ch 22Q 70 When the Pharisees tested Jesus about whether they should

pay civil taxes or not, Jesus asked to see the coin used for payment. When they showed him one and they confirmed that the inscription and image on it was that of Caesar, what did Jesus say? (Max 4)

Q 71 When the Sadducees tested Jesus about the truth about the resurrection, they proffered a hypothetical question about a man marrying seven women. What was Jesus’ initial reply? (Max 6)

Q 72 What did Jesus say was the second greatest commandment? (2)

Ch 23Q 73 Complete this quote – The greatest among you will be your

servant. For…? (Max 9)

Q 74 Who did Jesus say was murdered between the temple and the altar? (Max 9)

Q 75 When Jesus cried over Jerusalem, he went on to say they would not see him again until - when? (2)

ROUND 4

Ch 24 Q 76 When the disciples pointed out the permanency of the temple

structure, what did Jesus reply? (Max 6)

Q 77 What did Jesus say would specifically precede the coming of ‘the end’? (Max 20)

Q 78 What did Jesus say we should do if someone tells us “Look, here is the Messiah!” or “There he is!”? (2 )

Q 79 Jesus said that heaven and earth will pass away. However, something wouldn’t – what wouldn’t pass away? (2)

Q 80 What did Jesus say we should do, since we do not know when the Lord is going to return? (2)

Ch 25Q 81 a) How many virgins were there in the parable Jesus told, and

b) how many were wise?a) b) (4)

Q 82 How many talents / bags of gold did the man going on a journey give to his servants? (2)

Q 83 a) What did the person with the least number do with his talents and b) why?a) b) (Max 12)

Q 84 Where will the Son of Man put the sheep when he returns in glory? (2)

Q 85 What did Jesus say that those on his right had done and when? (Max 30)

Q 86 When the King told those on his left that because they had not come to his aid and so they were cursed to be banished and join the devil and his angels in the eternal fire, they asked when had they missed seeing the Lord in need. What did the king reply? (Max 18)

Ch 26Q 87 According to Matthew, when Jesus was anointed with very

expensive perfume, in Bethany, whose home was he in? (4)

Q 88 When did Jesus say he would celebrate drinking wine again with his disciples, subsequent to the last supper? (4)

Q 89 In Gethsemane, after Jesus had taken Peter and Zebedee’s two sons with him, he left them and went away to pray. What was his prayer? (Max 10)

Q 90 What happened when the men stepped forward to arrest Jesus?

(Max 8)

Q 91 What did Jesus say in answer to the high priest, when he askedhim, under oath, to tell them whether he was the Messiah, the Son of God? (Max 12)

Q 92 When Peter was challenged for the third time, for being a follower of Jesus, what did the people say gave Peter’s identity away?

Ch 27Q 93 According to Judas, why did he say he returned the 30 pieces of

silver to the chief priests and elders? (4)

Q 94 What words did the chief priests, teachers of the law and elders use to mock Jesus as he hung on the cross? (Max 45)

Q 95 Who were the women at the cross that Matthew mentioned as coming from Galilee to care for his needs? (Max 6)

Q 96 Who asked Pilate if he could take care of Jesus’ dead body? (4)

Q 97 How did the chief priests and Pharisees secure the tomb to stop the disciples stealing the body of Jesus so they could say he had risen from the dead? (4)

Ch 28Q 98 How does Matthew describe the opening of the tomb?

(Max 12)

Q 99 What did the chief priest tell the guards to say happened to the body of Jesus? (Max 8)

Q 100 What were the last words Matthew records the resurrected Jesus said to his disciples when he met them on the mountain in Galilee ? (Max 20)