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Luke 19:11-27
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11While they were listening
to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near
12He said: “A man of noble
birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to
return.
13So he called ten of his
servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I
come back.’
14“But his subjects hated him
and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our
king.’
15“He was made king, however,
and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the
money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
16“The first one came and
said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’
17“‘Well done, my good
servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very
small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
18“The second came and said,
‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
19“His master answered, ‘You
take charge of five cities.’
20“Then another servant came
and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of
cloth.
21I was afraid of you,
because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what
you did not sow.’
22“His master replied, ‘I
will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not
put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
23Why then didn’t you put my
money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with
interest?’
24“Then he said to those
standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten
minas.’
25“‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he
already has ten!’
26“He replied, ‘I tell you
that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has
nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
27But those enemies of mine
who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front
of me.’”
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1)
According to
verse 11 why did Jesus tell the people a parable?
o
Jesus told them a
parable because
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He was near
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And they thought
that the
2)
Whom does the man
of noble birth in the parable represent?
o
He represents
Jesus.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what did the man of noble birth in the parable go to a distant country for?
o
He went to a
distant country
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To have himself
appointed king.
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And then to
return.
4)
What does the man
of noble birth going to a distant country to have himself appointed king
signify, given that the man of noble birth represents Jesus?
o
It signifies Jesus
returning to the Father to be given all authority
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In heaven.
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And on earth.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 13 what did the man call ten of his servants and give them
ten minas for?
o
He told them to put
the money to work.
o
Until
o
He came back.
6)
Whom do the servants
represent?
o
They represent Jesus’
disciples.
7)
What do the minas
represent?
o
They represent
spiritual gifts.
o
That
o
Jesus entrusts to
his disciples.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 why did the man’s subjects
send a delegation after him to say that they
didn’t want him to be their king?
o
It is because
they hated him.
9)
Whom do the man’s
subjects represent?
o
They represent the
Jews who refuse to put their faith in Jesus.
10)
What did the Jews
not want Jesus to be, given that the man’s subjects
didn’t want him to be their king?
o
They didn’t want Jesus
to be the Christ.
11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 what happened to the man?
o
He
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Was made king.
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And returned home.
12)
What does the man
being made king and returning home mean, given Revelation 19:11-16?
o
It means that Jesus
will return to judge the world as
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King of Kings.
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And Lord of Lords.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Revelation 19:11-16 that says,
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11I saw heaven standing open
and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.
With justice he judges and wages war.
12His eyes are like blazing
fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one
knows but he himself.
13He is dressed in a robe
dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
14The armies of heaven were
following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and
clean.
15Coming out of his mouth is
a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an
iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
16On his robe and on his
thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.
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13)
What does the master settling accounts with his servants in order to find out what they had gained with the minas
signify, given 2 Corinthians 5:10?
o
It signifies Jesus
holding every individual disciple accountable for what they have done with their
spiritual gifts before the judgment seat of Christ.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 2 Corinthians 5:10 that says,
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10For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due
us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
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14)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 15 and 16 how did the first servant give an account of
what he had gained with the money he had been given?
o
The mina had earned
ten more.
15)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 what was the master’s response to the report of the
first servant?
o
The master
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Called the first
servant his good servant.
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Praised him for a
job well done.
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And had him take
charge of ten cities.
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Because
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He had been
trustworthy in a very small matter.
16)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 18 how did the second servant give an account of what he had
gained with the money he had been given?
o
The mina had earned
five more.
17)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 19 what was the master’s response to the report of the second
servant?
o
The master had him
take charge of five cities.
18)
What was the reward
the master distributed to his servants
based on?
o
It was based on
merit.
19)
What is the reward
Jesus will distribute to his disciples
based on?
o
It is based on merit.
20)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 20 and 21 what was the reason this other servant gave as
to why he had kept the mina laid away in a piece of cloth and was now returning
the mina to his master?
o
The servant
claimed
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That he was afraid of his master.
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Whom
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He thought was a
hard man.
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And that his master
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Took out what he
did not put in.
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And reaped what he did
not sow.
21)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 22 what was the
master’s characterization of the servant?
o
A wicked servant.
22)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 23 how did the master
chastise the servant for his failure?
o
The servant should
have put his master’s money on deposit.
o
So that
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His master could
have collected it with interest.
o
When
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He returned.
23)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 22 and 23 what was the master’s chastisement of the
servant based on?
o
It was based on the
servant’s own words.
24)
What does the servant
choosing not to do something as easy as putting his master’s money on deposit
indicate?
o
It indicates that
the servant was completely unfaithful with what he had been entrusted with.
25)
In what way was
the servant’s accusation of his master wrongful
and hypocritical?
o
His master had actually
given him one mina
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That could be
used for making money.
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Which
debunks the accusation.
o
It was
hypocritical for him to accuse his master of making no investment while expecting
a return.
o
When
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He himself did
not put the money on deposit.
26)
Why did the
servant’s assumption of the reality of his master not drive him to be
productive with the money he had been given?
o
It is because the
servant
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Did not really
believe what he said about his master.
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And was simply
using his master as an excuse for his conduct.
27)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 what did the master
tell those standing by to do?
o
He told those
standing by to
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Take the mina
away from the servant who did nothing with it.
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And give it to
the one who had ten minas.
28)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 25 what did those
standing by say to the master?
o
He already had ten.
29)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 what was the
master’s principle in the way he was dealing with his servants?
o
To everyone who
has, more will be given.
o
As for the one
who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
30)
Why did the master
give the mina to the servant who had ten if we look at it from the perspective
of productivity?
o
The servant who had
ten minas would
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At once put the
extra mina to work.
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And gain another ten.
31)
What does the servants
using and not using the money entrusted to them to make more money signify,
given that the servants represent Jesus’ disciples?
o
It signifies Jesus’
disciples
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Using the spiritual
gifts.
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And not using the
spiritual gifts.
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Entrusted to them
to build up the
32)
What does the servant
who had ten minas being given the extra mina signify?
o
It signifies disciples
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Who have been faithful
in using their spiritual gifts.
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And who discover
that they actually have more spiritual gifts.
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That
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They could use.
33)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 27 what did the master order to be done to those enemies of
his who did not want him to be king over them?
o
He ordered that
they be
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Brought there.
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And killed in
front of him.
34)
What does the
master ordering that those enemies of his who did not want him to be king over
them be killed signify?
o
It signifies the Jews
who don’t want Jesus to be the Christ being condemned to hell.
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Luke 19:11-27
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