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Luke 11:37-54
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37When Jesus had finished
speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at
the table.
38But the Pharisee was
surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
39Then the Lord said to him,
“Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you
are full of greed and wickedness.
40You foolish people! Did not
the one who made the outside make the inside also?
41But now as for what is
inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
42“Woe to you Pharisees,
because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden
herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced
the latter without leaving the former undone.
43“Woe to you Pharisees,
because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful
greetings in the marketplaces.
44“Woe to you, because you
are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”
45One of the experts in the
law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
46Jesus replied, “And you
experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they
can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
47“Woe to you, because you
build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
48So you testify that you
approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build
their tombs.
49Because of this, God in his
wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will
kill and others they will persecute.’
50Therefore this generation
will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed
since the beginning of the world,
51from the blood of Abel to
the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary.
Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
52“Woe to you experts in the
law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not
entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
53When Jesus went outside,
the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to
besiege him with questions,
54waiting to catch him in
something he might say.
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1)
According to
verses 37 and 38 what was the Pharisee
surprised at when Jesus accepted his
invitation to eat with him and reclined
at the table?
o
He was surprised.
o
When
o
He noticed that
Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 39 in what way were
the Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They
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Cleaned the
outside of the
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Cup.
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And dish.
§
But were full of
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Greed.
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And wickedness on
the inside.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 40 in what way were
the Pharisees foolish?
o
They did not seem
to understand that the one who made the outside made the inside also.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 41 what would make
everything clean for the Pharisees?
o
As for what was
inside the Pharisees —be generous to the poor.
o
And everything would
be clean for them.
5)
What is the
contrast in the view of the basis of cleanness between Jesus and the Pharisees?
o
For Jesus cleanness
is the manifestation of the inner quality of the virtue of a person.
o
For the Pharisees
cleanness is the outer characteristic of things.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 42 what did the Pharisees neglect even while they gave God
a tenth of their mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs?
o
They neglected
§
Justice.
§
And the love of
God.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 42 what was his advice for the Pharisees?
o
They should have
practiced
§
Justice.
§
And the love of
God.
o
Without
neglecting offering their tithes to God.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 43 what did the Pharisees love?
o
They loved
§
The most
important seats in the synagogues.
§
And respectful
greetings in the marketplaces.
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 44 what were the Pharisees like?
o
They were like
unmarked graves.
o
Which
o
People walked
over without knowing it.
10)
According to
verse 45 what did one of the experts in
the law complain to Jesus about?
o
He complained to Jesus
that he insulted experts in the law also.
o
When
o
He said those
things about the Pharisees.
11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 46 in what way did experts in the law not help people whom
they loaded down with burdens they could
hardly carry?
o
They themselves would
not lift one finger to help them.
12)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 47 how did the Pharisees and experts in the law work with
their ancestors to mistreat the prophets?
o
They built tombs
for the prophets.
o
And it was their
ancestors who killed them.
13)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 48 how did the Pharisees and experts in the law testify
that they approved of what their ancestors
did?
o
Their ancestors killed the prophets.
o
And they built their
tombs.
14)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 49 how would the
Pharisees and experts in the law treat prophets
and apostles that God would send them?
o
They would
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Kill some.
§
And persecute
others.
15)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 50 and 51 what would his
generation be held responsible for?
o
They would
be held responsible for the blood of all the
prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
§
From the blood of
Abel.
§
To the blood of
Zechariah, who was killed between
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The altar.
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And the sanctuary.
16)
How did Jesus
emphasize in verse 51 that his generation would be held responsible for it all?
o
He said it a
second time.
17)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 52 what had experts in the law done about entering the
o
They had taken
away the key to knowledge about entering the
o
They themselves had
not entered.
o
And they had hindered
those who were entering.
18)
According to
verses 53 and 54 what did the Pharisees and the teachers of the law begin to do?
o
They began
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To oppose Jesus fiercely.
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And to besiege
him with questions.
o
Waiting to catch
him in something he might say.
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Luke 11:37-54
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