Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy
This is My Servant
Matthew 12
Peter Combes – January 26, 2003                      
(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.       Read Deuteronomy 23:25  Plucking ears of grain of a neighbor's field was:
                    totally forbidden
                    always permissible
                    permissible if payment were made
                    only permissible during a Jubilee

2.      Charged with "threshing corn" (working) on the Sabbath, Jesus replied that:
                    the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath
                    the Sabbath was made for Man, and not Man for the Sabbath
                    the disciples were priests, and thus could work on the Sabbath
                    David did worse

3.      "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice" is a quotation from:
                    Amos
                    Micah
                    Hosea
                    Malachi

4.      Asked if it were lawful to heal on the Sabbath, Jesus replied:
                    No, never
                    only in cases of immediate mortal danger
                    only if a priest were present
                    Yes

5.       Matthew said that Jesus did acts of healing in order to:
                    show His love
                    prove He was the Messiah
                    fulfil a prophecy from Isaiah
                    prepare for the Day of the Lord

6.       Accused of healing by using demonic powers, Jesus:
                    asked for an exorcism
                    asked how a divided house could stand
                    said that healing was easy
                    said that his patients were not really sick

7.         Whom did Jesus call a "brood of vipers"?:
                    Pharisees
                    Sadducees
                    Essenes
                    Herodians

8.         Jesus said that the only "sign" that would be given would be:
                    resurrection
                    feeding five thousand
                    turning water into wine
                    walking on water

9.       Jesus suggested that some of his cures were reversible; in particular the healing of:
                    demoniacs
                    paralytics
                    lepers
                    blind men

10.        When told that his mother and brothers were outside, Jesus:
                    denied knowing them
                    stood them beside him
                    went out to greet them
                    said that all his followers were family