Matthew 22: The Greatest Commandment
What were the main characteristics of the stories Jesus told?
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What does a wedding feast have to do with the Kingdom of Heaven?
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Who is the one without a wedding garment? If this was a travesty, how did the man get into the feast?
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How was the Pharisees’ question about taxation a “trap”?
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Why did Jesus say the Pharisees were hypocrites?
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Was Jesus’ response to the taxation question politically correct? Why?
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Why didn’t the Sadducees believe in the resurrection?
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Why did the Sadducees’ scenario involve seven brothers and not just two or three?
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Why didn’t the Sadducees “know the scriptures”? How did Jesus know the scriptures and how God works?
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How did Jesus know that people would be like the angels in Heaven, not marrying?
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What was impressive about Jesus’ teaching? In what ways were the Pharisees, Sadducees, and the rest of the crowd differently impressed?
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How was the Pharisee’s question about the most important commandment a “test”?
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Why did Jesus give a direct answer and not something more politically correct? If he had wanted to be politically correct, what might he have said?
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What makes the second commandment as important as the first?
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Why did Jesus ask the Pharisees a question they could not answer?