01.20. Luke 20
Read Luke 20:1-8. (Luke 20:1) What was Jesus doing in the temple courts?
Read Luke 20:1. Who approached Jesus while He was preaching in the temple?
Read Luke 20:2. What question did the religious leaders ask Jesus?
Read Luke 20:2. How was Jesus put to the test?
Read Luke 20:2-7. In what way were the actions of the religious leaders hypocritical?
Read Luke 20:3. Why did Jesus answer the religious leaders’ question with another question?
Read Luke 20:5-6. What was it about Jesus’ question that stumped the religious leaders?
Read Luke 20:6. How did the crowds’ beliefs affect the religious leaders’ willingness to answer Jesus’ question?
Read Luke 20:7. How did the leaders respond to Jesus’ question?
Read Luke 20:8. In what way did Jesus demonstrate His wisdom?
Read Luke 20:9; Luke 20:19. Why did Jesus choose to tell the people a parable in this situation?
Read Luke 20:9-16. What are the main points of the parable Jesus told?
Read Luke 20:9. Whom does the man who planted the vineyard represent?
Read Luke 20:10-12. Whom do the servants the owner sent to the vineyard represent?
Read Luke 20:10-12. How were the servants treated?
Read Luke 20:10; Luke 20:19. Whom do the tenants in the story represent?
Read Luke 20:13. Why did the owner send his son to the vineyard?
Read Luke 20:14. What is the inheritance to which the tenants referred?
Read Luke 20:16. How will the owner of the vineyard respond to the terrible actions of the tenants?
Read Luke 20:16. How did the people listening to Jesus respond to the parable?
Read Luke 20:17-18. What is the meaning of the Scripture that Jesus quoted?
Read Luke 20:19. How did the religious leaders react to Jesus’ teaching?
Read Luke 20:19. How did the mood of the people affect the actions of the religious leaders?
Read Luke 20:20-26. Why did the religious leaders send spies?
Read Luke 20:20. Why did the religious leaders want to hand Jesus over to the governor?
Read Luke 20:21. What did the spies do to trap Jesus?
Read Luke 20:21. How did the spies demonstrate hypocrisy?
Read Luke 20:22. In what way was the question the spies asked a trick question?
Read Luke 20:23. What did Jesus think of the spies?
Read Luke 20:24. How did Jesus respond to the spies’ question?
Read Luke 20:24-25. How was Jesus’ response a show of His wisdom?
Read Luke 20:26. Why were the spies astonished by Jesus’ answer?
Read Luke 20:27-40. (Luke 20:27) How did Luke describe the Sadducees?
Read Luke 20:27. Why did the Sadducees approach Jesus?
Read Luke 20:28-33. What was the main point of the lengthy story the Sadducees told Jesus?
Read Luke 20:33. What controversial question did the Sadducees want Jesus to answer?
Read Luke 20:34-35. How did Jesus respond to the Sadducees’ question?
Read Luke 20:35. What is the "age" to which Jesus referred?
Read Luke 20:35. Who is "considered worthy"?
Read Luke 20:36. In the age to come, what did Jesus promise to those who take part in the resurrection of the dead?
Read Luke 20:36. Who is like the angels?
Read Luke 20:37. For what reason did Jesus refer to Moses?
Read Luke 20:37-38. How did Jesus describe God?
Read Luke 20:38. Why did Jesus describe God as "the God of the living"?
Read Luke 20:40. Why did people stop asking Jesus questions?
How can we guard against misinterpreting Scripture, as the Sadducees did in Jesus’ day?
Why do you think there will be no marriage in heaven?
Read Luke 20:41-47. (Luke 20:41) What dilemma did Jesus set before His listeners?
Read Luke 20:41-44. What was Jesus revealing to His listeners about His own identity?
Read Luke 20:42-43. For what reason does Jesus quote the words of David to His listeners?
Read Luke 20:44. How does David refer to the Christ?
Read Luke 20:44. Why could Jesus’ opponents not answer His question?
Read Luke 20:45-46. What did the teachers of the law seek?
Read Luke 20:45-47. About what did Jesus warn His disciples?
Read Luke 20:46-47. Of what were the teachers of the law guilty?
Read Luke 20:46-47. What point was Jesus trying to make about such religious behavior?
Read Luke 20:47. How did Jesus criticize the teachers of the law?
Read Luke 20:47. What did Jesus mean when He said, "They devour widows’ houses"?
Read Luke 20:47. How did Jesus say proud people would be treated for their actions?
How is seeking the honor and respect of people related to the exploitation of the poor and defenseless?