Quiz 21 Flashcards
What was Jesus’ reply to those who asked him, “Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”?
“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” (Mark 12:17)
What New Testament parable ends with the protagonist saying, “Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money?”?
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Who said, after he met Jesus, “Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount”?
Zacchaeus
Which Old Testament figure grew prosperous as a rearer of livestock and came to own large flocks of sheep and goats?
Jacob
In Matthew’s Parable of the Talents, when the master spoke to the servant who had received only one talent, what did he tell him he should have done with it?
He should have put it on deposit with the bankers so that it earned interest
In Exodus, what is a man told to do if, through no fault of his own, his bull injures another bull, which then dies?
Sell the live bull, then divide up the dead bull and money equally between owners
According to Exodus, if you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, when should you return it to him?
By sunset
In which Gospel are we told to love our enemies and lend to them without expecting repayment?
Luke’s Gospel
What was Jesus doing when he said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick”?
When he sat and ate with Matthew and other tax collectors and sinners.
Which Old Testament king “made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones”?
King Solomon
Which Old Testament book laments that gold had lost its luster?
The book of Lamentations
In 2 Kings, how did Jehoiakim find the money to pay the tribute tax demanded of him?
He taxed people for the land they owned
In 2 Kings, why did the widow of one of Elisha’s prophets come to Elisha for help?
Her husbands creditors were threatening to take her boys as his slaves
In the book of Revelation, what was the rider of the third horse holding?
A pair of scales
What was the name of the field that the priests and elders bought with Judas’ money?
The field of blood
