Matthew Chapter 9: Questions
1. To whom did Jesus say, "Courage,
child, your sins are forgiven"?
a. To the demoniac
who could not speak
b. To the
paralytic
c. To the
people who brought the paralytic
d. To an
official who came to Jesus
Answer: a. To the paralytic. (Matthew 9:2)
2And there
people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their
faith, he said to the paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”b
2. What was the reaction of the crowds
when they saw the paralytic rise, pick up his stretcher, and go home?
a. They were
struck with awe and glorified God.
b. They
criticized Jesus for his actions.
c. They
reported the incident to the authorities.
d. They asked
for more miracles.
Answer: a. They were struck with awe and glorified God.
(Matthew 9:8)
8* When the crowds
saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such
authority to human beings.
3. Who did Jesus call to be his disciple
while passing by a customs post?
a. Peter
b. John
c. Matthew
d. The
Pharisees
Answer: c. Matthew. (Matthew 9:9)
9As Jesus passed on from there,d he saw a man
named Matthew* sitting at the
customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.
4. While he was at table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. Who
questioned Jesus' choice of dining companions?
a. The Pharisees
b. The Sadducees
c. The scribes
d. The disciples
Answer : a. The Pharisees (Matthew 9:11)
10While he was at table in his house,* many tax
collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples.e
11The Pharisees saw this and said to his
disciples, “Why does your teacher* eat with tax
collectors and sinners?”
5. What did Jesus say in response to the
disciples of John asking about fasting?
a.
Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
b. The days
will come when the bridegroom is taken away, and then they will fast.
c. Fasting
should be done regularly.
d. Those
who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Answer: b. The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away, and
then they will fast. (Matthew 9:15)
15Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding
guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when
the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.*
6. What did the official ask Jesus to do
for his daughter who had just died?
a. Heal her
blindness.
b. Raise her
from the dead.
c. Cure her
from a demon.
d. Make her
walk again.
Answer: b. Raise her from the dead. (Matthew 9:18)
18* While he was
saying these things to them,h an official* came forward, knelt down before
him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and
she will live.”
7. How did the woman with hemorrhages express
her faith in Jesus' healing power?
a. By praying
loudly.
b. By
touching the tassel on his cloak.
c. By
offering sacrifices.
d. By
shouting from a distance.
Answer: b. By touching the tassel on his cloak. (Matthew 9:20)
20A woman suffering hemorrhages for
twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel* on his cloak.
8. What was the response of the crowd when
Jesus claimed that the official's daughter was not dead but sleeping?
a. They
believed Jesus.
b. They
ridiculed him.
c. They
reported it to the authorities.
d. They were
struck with awe.
Answer: b. They ridiculed him. (Matthew 9:24)
24he said, “Go away! The girl is not
dead but sleeping.”* And they
ridiculed him.
9. Who approached Jesus, crying out,
"Son of David, have pity on us"?
a. The Pharisees
b. The blind
men
c. The
scribes
d. The
demoniac
Answer: b. Two blind men. (Matthew 9:27)
27j And as Jesus
passed on from there, two blind men followed [him], crying out, “Son of David,* have pity on us!”k
10. What was the Pharisees' response to
the healing of the mute person?
a. They
praised Jesus.
b. They
accused Jesus of using demonic power.
c. They asked Jesus to teach them.
d. They
ignored the miracle.
Answer: b. They accused Jesus of using demonic power.
(Matthew 9:34)
34* But the Pharisees
said,n “He drives out
demons by the prince of demons.”
11. Who did Jesus invite to follow him
while sitting at a table in Matthew's house?
a. Pharisees
b. Sinners
and tax collectors
c. Disciples
of John
d. Blind men
Answer: b. Sinners and tax collectors. (Matthew 9:10)
10While he was at table in his house,* many tax
collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples.e
12. According to Jesus, what did he come
to call, not the righteous, but?
a. The
wealthy
b. Sinners
c. The
educated
d. The
religious leaders
Answer: b. Sinners. (Matthew 9:13)
13Go and learn the meaning of the words,f ‘I desire mercy,
not sacrifice.’* I did not come to
call the righteous but sinners.”
13. What did the disciples of John
question Jesus about?
a. Miracles
b. Fasting
c. Healing
d. Teaching
Answer: b. Fasting. (Matthew 9:14)
14g Then the
disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast
[much], but your disciples do not fast?”
14. In response to the question about
fasting, what analogy did Jesus use?
a. A wedding
feast
b. Planting
crops
c. Building
a house
d. Sowing
seeds
Answer: a. A wedding feast. (Matthew 9:15)
15Jesus
answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with
them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then
they will fast.*
15. When the official approached Jesus
about his daughter, what did he request Jesus to do?
a. Heal her
blindness
b. Cure her
from a demon
c. Lay his
hand on her, and she will live
d. Raise her
from the dead
Answer: c. Lay his hand on her, and she will live. (Matthew 9:18)
18* While he was
saying these things to them,h an official* came forward,
knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your
hand on her, and she will live.”
16. What did the woman with hemorrhages
believe would happen if she touched the tassel on Jesus' cloak?
a. She would
be forgiven of her sins.
b. She would
be justified before the authorities.
c. She would
be cured.
d. She would
become wealthy.
Answer: c. She would
be cured. (Matthew 9:21)
21She said to herself, “If only I can
touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”i
17. How did Jesus respond when the two
blind men asked for pity?
a. He
ignored them.
b. He
rebuked them.
c. He
questioned their faith.
d. He
touched their eyes
Answer: d. He touched their eyes (Matthew 9:29)
29Then he touched their eyes and said,
“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
18. What was Jesus' instruction to the two
blind men after healing them?
a. Tell
everyone about the miracle.
b. Keep it a
secret.
c. Thank the
Pharisees.
d. Go to the
authorities.
Answer: b. Keep it a secret. (Matthew 9:30)
30And their eyes were opened. Jesus
warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”
19. According to the Gospel of Matthew
Chapter 9, where did the incident of Jesus dining with tax collectors and
sinners take place?
a. In the synagogue
b. In the market
c. In Matthew’s house
d. In the Pharisees' house
Answer 2: c. In
Matthew’s house
9As Jesus passed on from there,d he saw a man
named Matthew* sitting at the
customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.
10While he was at table in his house,* many tax
collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples.e
20. When Jesus saw the crowds troubled and
abandoned, what did he say to his disciples?
a. The
harvest is abundant, and the laborers are many.
b. The
harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
c. The
harvest is scarce, and the laborers are many.
d. The
harvest is scarce, and the laborers are few.
Answer: b. The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few. (Matthew
9:37)
37* q Then he said to
his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the
laborers are few;
38so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his
harvest.”
21. Same like the official who requested
to lay hands on his daughter, who else approached Jesus, pleading him to lay his hand on her, because her daughter was
tormented by a demon?
a. The woman
with hemorrhages
b. The
official's wife
c. A
Canaanite woman
d. A Pharisee
Answer: c. A Canaanite woman. (Matthew 15:21-28)
22. To whom did Jesus say, "“The
harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
38so ask the master of the harvest to send
out laborers for his harvest.”?
b. To the
crowd
c. To the
pharisees
d. To the
pharisees and scribes
Answer: a. To the disciples.
(Matthew 9:38)
37* q Then he said to
his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
38so ask the master of the harvest to
send out laborers for his harvest.”
23. Who did the Pharisees claim was the
source of Jesus' power to drive out demons?
a. The Son
of David
b. God
c. Angels
d. The
prince of demons
Answer: d. The prince
of demons. (Matthew 9:34)
34* But the Pharisees
said,n “He drives out
demons by the prince of demons.”
24. According to Jesus, what happens when
new wine is put into old wineskins?
a. The wine
becomes sweeter.
b. The
wineskins burst, and the wine spills out.
c. The wine
ages faster.
d. The
wineskins become stronger.
Answer: b. The wineskins burst, and the wine spills out. (Matthew 9:17)
17People do not put new wine into old
wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are
ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are
preserved.”
25. What did Jesus say to the paralyzed
man before healing him?
a.
"Your sins are forgiven."
b.
"Rise and walk."
c. "You
are healed."
d. "Go
and sin no more."
Answer: a. "Your sins are forgiven." (Matthew 9:2)
2And there people brought to him a
paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralytic, “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”b
26. What did the woman with the issue of
blood say to herself before touching Jesus' cloak?
a. "If
only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured."
b. "If
only I can touch his cloak, I will be forgiven."
c. "If
only I can touch his cloak, my sins will be washed away."
d. "If
only I can touch his cloak, I will be justified."
Answer: a. "If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be
cured." (Matthew 9:21)
20A woman suffering hemorrhages for
twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel* on his cloak.
21She said to herself, “If only I can
touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”i
27. What did Jesus say to the scribes when
they, said to themselves, accused Jesus of blasphemy for forgiving sins?
a. "You
are right; only God can forgive sins."
b. "Why
do you harbor evil thoughts?"
c. "I
did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
d.
"Your sins are forgiven too."
Answer: b. "Why do you harbor evil thoughts?" Matthew
9:4
3At that, some of the scribes* said to
themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
4Jesus knew what they were thinking, and
said, “Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
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