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Luke 8:1-18
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1After this, Jesus traveled
about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the
2and also some women who had
been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom
seven demons had come out;
3Joanna the wife of Chuza,
the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were
helping to support them out of their own means.
4While a large crowd was
gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this
parable:
5“A farmer went out to sow
his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was
trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
6Some fell on rocky ground,
and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.
7Other seed fell among
thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.
8Still other seed fell on
good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”
When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
9His disciples asked him what
this parable meant.
10He said, “The knowledge of
the secrets of the
11“This is the meaning of the
parable: The seed is the word of God.
12Those along the path are
the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their
hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
13Those on the rocky ground
are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no
root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
14The seed that fell among
thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked
by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.
15But the seed on good soil
stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and
by persevering produce a crop.
16“No one lights a lamp and
hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand,
so that those who come in can see the light.
17For there is nothing hidden
that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or
brought out into the open.
18Therefore consider
carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not
have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”
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1)
According to
verses 1 to 3 who were accompanying Jesus
as he was traveling about from one town
and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God?
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The Twelve.
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Mary Magdalene
from whom seven demons had come out.
o
Joanna the wife
of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household.
o
Susanna.
o
And many others.
2)
According to
verse 3 what did these women who were accompanying Jesus do for him and the Twelve?
o
They were helping
to support
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Jesus.
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And the Twelve.
o
Out of their own
means.
3)
According to
verse 4 what did Jesus do while a large
crowd was gathering and people were coming to him from town after town?
o
Jesus told the parable
of the sower.
4)
According to
verse 8 what did Jesus call on the audience to do upon finishing telling the parable?
o
Whoever has ears
to hear, let them hear.
5)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 10 what category of parables does the parable of
the sower come under?
o
It comes under the
category of the parables of the
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 9 and 10 why did he speak to the people in parables except
the disciples when they asked him what the parable of the sower meant?
o
It is because the
knowledge of the secrets of the
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The disciples.
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But not the
others.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 10 what was the consequence when he spoke to the people in
parables?
o
Though seeing,
they might not see.
o
Though hearing,
they might not understand.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 what does the seed
represent?
o
The seed represents
the word of God.
9)
What do the birds
represent if we take into account verses 5 and 12?
o
The birds represent
the devil.
10)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 why do people who are like seed sown along the path not
believe the word upon hearing it?
o
It is because the
devil
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Comes.
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And takes away
the word from their hearts.
11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what is the consequence for people to not believe the
word?
o
They are not saved.
12)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 13 what happens to people who are like seed sown on rocky ground?
o
They receive the
word with joy.
o
When
o
They hear it.
o
But in the time
of testing they fall away.
o
Because
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They have no root.
13)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 what happens to people who are like seed sown among thorns?
o
They
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Hear the word.
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But do not mature.
o
Because
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They are choked by life’s
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Worries.
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Riches.
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And pleasures.
14)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 what happens to people who are like seed sown on good soil?
o
They
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Hear the word.
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Retain it.
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And produce a
crop by persevering.
15)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 what qualities of people who are like seed sown on good
soil enable them to be productive for the word,?
o
They have a
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Noble.
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And good heart.
16)
What can we
conclude about the sower’s knowledge of the productivity of the recipients of
the word both at the time of sowing and at harvest time?
o
The sower
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Had no knowledge
of the productivity of recipients of the word at the time of sowing.
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And secured full
knowledge only at harvest time.
17)
What is the the
sower’s motivation for sowing far and wide and indiscriminately?
o
To ensure getting
at the good soil for a harvest.
18)
What conclusion
about the degree of availability of the good soil can we draw from the parable?
o
The good soil
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Is always there.
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And constitutes
the minority recipients of the word.
19)
What conclusion
about the degree of availability of unproductive recipients of the word can we
draw from the parable?
o
The unproductive
recipients of the word
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Are always there.
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And constitute
the majority recipients.
20)
What is the
parable Jesus referred to in verses 16 and 17 called?
o
It is called the
parable of a lamp on its stand.
21)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16 where would people put and not put a lighted lamp and
why?
o
People would not
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Hide a lighted
lamp in a clay jar.
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Or put it under a
bed.
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Instead they put
it on a stand.
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So that
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Those who come in
can see the light.
22)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 what is the inevitable consequence for the proper placement
of the lighted lamp?
o
There is
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Nothing hidden
that will not be disclosed.
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And nothing
concealed that will not be
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Known.
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Or brought out
into the open.
23)
When we take into
account applicability and continuity of context, to what should the parable of a
lamp on its stand be applied?
o
The parable of a
lamp on its stand should be applied to the explanation of the parable of the
sower.
24)
What did Jesus
intend for the disciples to do with the explanation of the parable of the sower
when he taught them the parable of a lamp on its stand?
o
Jesus intended
for the disciples to eventually tell the explanation of the parable of the
sower to the world.
25)
How had the
disciples told the explanation of the parable of the sower to the world, given
that they wrote the gospel accounts?
o
They recorded the
explanation of the parable of the sower in the gospel accounts.
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Luke 8:1-18
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