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Lesson 22 Questions
Matthew
Series III
SCHOOL PROGRAM MEMORY VERSE: And whoever wants to be frst must be your slave just as the
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many Matthew
20:27-28 (NIV84).
FIRST DAY: Read all the lesson notes and references.
1. How did the teaching in the lecture change your thinking?
2. What did you fnd meaningful for your life in the notes?
SECOND DAY: Read Matthew 21:18-22.
3. Read Mark 11:12-14. On a healthy fg tree in spring, if leaves are present, so is fruit.
a. What did Jesus say when He found no fruit on the tree?
b. What happened to the fg tree?
c. How was the tree with leaves but no fruit a picture of the religious hypocrites Jesus found at the temple? (See
Matthew 21:12-17.)
4. a. As Jesus saw the disciples amazement when the fg tree withered, what encouragement did He give them?
Look also at Matthew 6:5-8 and John 15:7-8.
b. Read Mark 11:25. What additional truth did Jesus use the fg tree to teach?
c. Can you share with your group a recent time a mountain seemed to stand in the way of Gods purpose for
you, and He removed it when you prayed and trusted Him?
THIRD DAY: Read Matthew 21:23-32.
5. a. In todays language, what did the religious leaders ask Jesus?
b. Read Luke 19:47-20:8. What does Luke include that interests you?
6. a. How had Jesus opponents refused to act on what God had already shown them?
b. Read Matthew 13:11-15. What principles from these verses apply to the religious leaders who questioned
Jesus authority?
c. (Personal) Is there anything you have learned from studying Matthew that you have refused to apply? If so,
how might this keep you from all God has for you?
7. In the parable of the two sons, what people in Jesus time were represented by:
a. The son who said he would not work but later did?
b. The son who said he would work but did not?