Monday, June 27, 2016

Matthew Chapter Twenty One


This chapter, like others, should make us think about our "religiosity".  What are we most concerned with when it comes to faith and are we open to correction from God when we are off-track.  Pray now and let's get to it!

Jesus  and His disciples had been travelling.  They came to the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.  Where did Jesus send two disciples? Vs1-2  

For what purpose?   

What if someone questions what they are doing? Vs3   

What did this fulfill? Vs4   

What had been foretold?  Vs5   .

Read Zechariah 9:9. 

Isn’t it amazing to see how these things were foretold over 500 years before Jesus came to earth?

What did the disciples do? vs6   

What did they do when they brought the donkeys to Jesus? Vs7   

What did the crowd do that had been following Jesus? Vs8   

Crowds were ahead of Him and behind Him.  What were they shouting? Vs9   

What did they call Jesus?   

Do these shouts sound like they believed Jesus to be the Messiah?   

Jesus entered the city this way.   What did the people in the city ask? Vs10   

What did the crowds answer? Vs11   

In the middle of all the excitement, what did Jesus go and do? vs12   

Who did He drive out?   

Jesus quoted scripture; what did He quote? Vs13   

What is done in this type of house?   

What did Jesus say they had turned it into?   



Do you think that this principle (of merchant using the church to make money) happens in our Churches today?  Explain:   

Once Jesus cleared the corruption from the temple, what took place? Vs14   

Who became indignant with Jesus? Vs15   

What did they see that made them this way?    

What did they say to Jesus? Vs16    

Jesus answered once again with scripture; what did He quote for them?   



After this, what did Jesus do? vs17   

Early in the morning, where did he go? Vs18   

How did he feel; physically?   

What did He see by the road? Vs19   

He went up to it and what did He find?   

What did He do?   

What happened immediately?    

When the disciples saw this they were amazed.  What did they want to know? Vs20   

What was Jesus answer? Vs21   

If they believe, what will they receive? Vs22   

They arrived back in the city.  Where did Jesus go straight to? Vs23   

He began teaching there and who came to Him?   

What did they ask?   

How did he answer this?  Vs24   

What was Jesus question for them? Vs25   

What did they do?   

They began to calculate their answer.  What was the dilemma? Vs25-26   

So how did they answer? Vs27   

What did Jesus tell them about their question?   

Jesus tells another parable.  A man had two sons.  He told the first to go and work in the vineyard.  How did the son reply and then what did he do? Vs28-29   

The father told the second son the same.  How did the son reply and what did he do? vs30   

What did Jesus ask? Vs31   

How did they answer?   

Who did Jesus say would enter the kingdom ahead of the teachers?   

Why? Vs32   

In your words, what do you think Jesus was telling them in this?



Jesus told another parable.  What did a landowner do? vs33   

When harvest time came, what did the landowner do? vs34   

How did the tenants respond? Vs35   

What did the landowner do? vs36   

What did the tenants do?   

What did the landowner do, last of all? Vs37   

What did he think should happen?   

What did the tenants say to each other? Vs38   

What did the tenants do? vs39   

In this parable, who are the tenants?   

Who is the landowner?   

Who are the servants?  

Who is the son?   

What did Jesus ask the leaders about the parable? Vs40   

How did they answer? Vs41   

Before we go any further, how do you feel about their answer? 

Do you think they understood what Jesus was getting at?

How did Jesus respond to them? Vs42A   

 Remember who He is talking to…the Teachers of the law and chief priests.

Then Jesus quoted Psalm 118:22-23; scripture they would know.  What point was Jesus making? Vs42B   

What is going to happen to the kingdom of God because of this? Vs43   

What will happen to those that fall on the cornerstone? Vs44   

What will happen to anyone the cornerstone falls on?   

What did the Leaders know? Vs45   

Did they repent? Vs46      

What were they afraid of?   



Write your thoughts about all that was presented in this chapter.

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