Matthew 20:1-28 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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A Truly Great Man in His Kingdom
Questions for Study 25

Matthew 20:1-28
Key Verse: 28

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I. The Owner and Workers in the Vineyard (1-16)

1. What is this parable about? Who is the landowner? Where and how did he get workers? What can we learn here about God's initiative of grace? (Isaiah 1:2-5, 18; Matthew 9:9)

2. What did the owner of the vineyard pay the workers? (About how much is this by the wage standard of the day?) What does this suggest about God who supplies our needs?

3. At what time did the owner hire additional workers? Why? What did he agree to pay them? Why had those hired at the eleventh hour (5 P.M.) being doing nothing all day? What is the situation of a man without a job?

4. When the end of the day came, how did the owner pay the workers? Why did those hired first grumble? How did the owner of the vineyard answer them? What can we learn here about God's generosity?

II. The Meaning of His Death (17-19)

5. Where was Jesus going? What did he tell his twelve disciples? When had he told them these things before? (Matthew 16:21; 17:12) Why did he tell them again? Why was it so hard for them to accept his words?

6. Why was it necessary for him to die and be raised? What does this mean to us?

III. True Greatness (20-28)

7. Who were Zebedee's sons? What favor did their mother ask of Jesus? What did she think about Jesus' kingdom?

8. What did Jesus ask the two brothers? What did he mean by the "cup" of suffering? How did they answer? Do you think they understood? How did Jesus answer them? What did he teach them?

9. What was the reaction of the ten when they heard about James and John's request? What does this show about them?

10. What did Jesus teach them about the difference between spiritual greatness and worldly greatness?

11. How did Jesus himself demonstrate the meaning of spiritual greatness?