Answer: Welcomed
Inhospitality was viewed much more strongly in Biblical times than it is now. Some theologians believe that this was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah. As Ezekiel 16:49-50 states: "This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them when I saw it." Lack of generosity is not just a discourtesy here; in an ancient society with primitive means of transportation, failing to welcome strangers could easily mean their deaths.
From Quiz: The Sheep and the Goats
Answer: five loaves and two fish
Jesus showed compassion for the people who had come to be with Him, after hearing of John the Baptist being killed by King Herod.
From Quiz: The Gospel of Matthew
Answer: A kiss
Matthew 26:48 states that Judas told the multitude, that the one whom he kisses, would be the one they are looking for and so they should go ahead and seize Him.
From Quiz: Plot to Kill Jesus
Answer: Judas
Judas was the one who betrayed Jesus: for money, or possibly because he disagreed with the direction Jesus' ministry was taking. Then after Jesus was taken away, Judas hanged himself.
From Quiz: From the Upper Room to the Grave and Back Again
Answer: Those who hunger and thirst
In the Biblical context, these people are those who yearn for righteousness.
From Quiz: The Beatitudes
Answer: They will be trampled
Jesus told the crowd and His disciples that the pearls would be trampled and the pigs would turn against them. Jesus wanted to make sure the crowds knew that it was useless to try to teach people about God if they didn't want to listen.
From Quiz: Bible Literacy 4: Sermon on the Mount
Answer: Hosted a dinner with his friends and Jesus in attendance.
One of the first things Matthew did was host a dinner at his house with his friends and Jesus in attendance. Details about the feast are recounted in Matthew 9:9-13.
Going by Scripture the dinner was a festive occasion for those in attendance. The Pharisees, however, were aghast Jesus would dare associated with tax collectors and "sinners".
Matthew 9:9-13 in the NKJV tells things this way:
"As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, 'Follow Me.' So he arose and followed Him.
Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, 'Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
"When Jesus heard that, He said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance'."
From Quiz: 25 Details, Gospel of Matthew -- 'A' to 'Z'
Answer: Blessed
This is usually interpreted to mean that Christians will be blessed when they are persecuted because of what they believe. The lesson is that a reward will come if someone does what God wants him or her to do, no matter the price at the time. This verse is part of the beatitudes found in Matthew 5.
From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Matthew
Answer: They didn't know what they were talking about
Christ's answer was simply that they had made a mistake because they didn't know "the Scriptures" or "the power of God." He quoted God as having said, "I am the God of Abraham" and various other dead patriarchs, and reminded them that God was the God "of the living" not "the dead." (Matthew 22:29-32)
From Quiz: Outwit the Master
Answer: deny them before His Father in Heaven
Matthew 10:33 recounts Jesus as saying, "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."
Of the twelve disciples, Peter is the one who denies Him just as Jesus had predicted. However, Peter goes on to be a great Christian, spreading the Gospel as Jesus instructed.
From Quiz: The First of the Gospels
