Matthew 21:33-45
"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 "The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. "They will respect my son,' he said.
38 "But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, "This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 "Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
41 "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."
42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: ""The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
43 "Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them. (NIV)
Also read Mark 12:1-12 and Luke 20:9-19
  1. What is the vineyard symbolic of?
    1. The earth.
    2. The Promised Land.
    3. The Church.
    4. Rome.

     

  2. Who is the landowner?
    1. The Jews.
    2. The Romans.
    3. God the Father.
    4. The Church.

     

  3. Who are the tenants?
    1. The Jews.
    2. The Romans.
    3. The faithful in Israel.
    4. The religious leaders of that day.

     

  4. What fruit did the landowner desire?
    1. Rent money.
    2. Good works.
    3. Grapes and wine.
    4. A prosperous and powerful land.

     

  5. Who is the landowners son?
    1. Jesus.
    2. Caesar.
    3. Joseph.
    4. Herod.

     

  6. Who are those that the tenants abused?
    1. The Jews.
    2. The Romans.
    3. The Christians.
    4. The prophets.

     

  7. Who are the builders?
    1. The chief priest and teachers of the law.
    2. The children of Israel.
    3. The Romans.
    4. The Babylonians.

     

  8. Who, or what, does the stone that the builders rejected represent?
    1. The Bible.
    2. The Law of Moses.
    3. Jesus Christ.
    4. Egypt.

     

  9. Who are they that fall on the stone?
    1. The Christians.
    2. The Jews.
    3. The Romans.
    4. The Gentiles.

     

  10. Who are they that the stone falls on?
    1. The Christians.
    2. Those that reject Jesus Christ.
    3. The Pharisees and Sadducees .
    4. The Gentiles.

     

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