Bible Questions # 2235-2250 By Joyce Webb
Matthew Chp. 23
2235. Vs. 1-4 Jesus said to his disciples and to the crowd —He said the Jewish teachers tell you about the scriptures and what you should do. .Did Jesus think that those leaders were doing right? __________
2236. Vs. 4 Jesus said that the leaders make many many rules that are ________________ for men to bear.
2237. Jesus said they do things to show off how “holy” they are. The make their scripture boxes called phylacteries ___________________ and on their garment/robes or prayers shawls they make _______________________________________________.
2238. Vs. 7 They liked to be called __________________________
2239. Jesus said Do not let other men call you ________________________ because you have one ___________________________ and that person is Jesus.
2240.Vs. 10 Do not be called ____________________. You have one master
________________________________.
2241. Jesus said he who thinks he is the greatest or who wants to be thought of as the greatest or leader let him be a _____________________________.
(In other words,
The person who cares the most about people will be willing to serve them and do for them. That is the person you should have great respect for.
In the Christian life there is no place for “commanders” like in an army or “kings” who tell other people what to do. A group of believers or a church group where one person or a small group of people rule like kings or commanders over others—— —this is not the way Jesus said it should be. Do not join a group where one or a few people are rulers and tell everyone else what they can do.
There are religious groups large groups that are controlled by a small group of men or one man. These people make all the rules. If you do not do what the rules are you are put out of the group and then they tell you your eternal future is doomed because you are no longer part of their group.)
The Bible says “the just shall live by faith”. Habakkuk 2: 4; Romans 1: 17;
Galatians 2: 11; Hebrews 10: 38
Not by belonging to a group. It is our faith in Jesus and God that gives us eternal life. We do not need to belong to any group or church to have eternal life.
2242. Vs. 11 He that is the greatest should be your ___________________
2243. Vs. 12 The person who lifts himself up to be exalted and looked up to should be ______________________________. The person who is humble and does not try to lift himself up is the one who should be ______________________________.
2244. Vs. 13-15 Jesus said that the Pharisees (Jewish leaders) tried to stop other people from entering the Kingdom of Heaven—–because they would not accept Jesus. Jesus said that the Pharisees would go to other nations to teach others be in the end those people would learn to be just as proud and self-righteous as the Pharisees were.
Jesus said that the Pharisees liked to make long ________________________ but they did not do right to the _______________________________.
2245. Vs. 16 -17 Jesus criticized the Pharisees saying that make a promise and swear by the temple of God that they will do it. But then they made a rule saying you did not have to keep that promise if you swore by the temple, but if you swore by the _________________ in the temple then you had to keep the promise. How silly! After all it is the temple that makes the gold holy.
2246. Vs. 18 They also said that if you promise and swear by the altar then you did not have to keep the promise but if you swore by the _____________________ on the altar then you had to keep the promise.
2247. Vs. 19 Jesus said Which is greater? The ____________________ or the
_________________________ on the altar? The altar is what makes the gift holy.
2248. Vs. 20 Jesus said Whoever swears (promises) by the altar then he is also swearing or promising by what is on the ______________________.
2249. Vs. 23 Jesus said You Pharisees pay a tithe (one-tenth) of so many things—even take one-tenth of herbs and spices you use—— You think this makes you look so holy. But you do not do more important things like ____________________, and _______________________ and ___________________________.
2250. Vs. 24 Jesus said You choke on swallowing a gnat (tiny little bug) but you swallow a _______________________________. (In other words, they make a big thing about small not important things, but the big important things they ignore.)