Gospel of Mark chapter 7-11

Front

According to Mark 7, who found fault with Jesus' disciples? Options: The Pharisees and the scribes, The Pharisees and the Sadducees, The Herodians and the scribes, The chief priests

Back

The Pharisees and the scribes

Answer explanation

Mr 7:1 1 Now when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him,

Front

Why did they find fault when the disciples were eating with unwashed hands?

Back

They found fault because it was against the traditions of the elders to eat with unwashed hands.

Answer explanation

Mr 7:3 For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands,[b] keeping the tradition of the elders.

Front

Who prophesied saying: 'This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me'?

Back

Isaiah

Answer explanation

Mr 7:6 He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; 7 In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.’

Front

Which of these defiles a man? Eating grilled dog meat., Eating snake meat, Eating junk food., The words that comes out of one's mouth

Back

The words that comes out of one's mouth

Answer explanation

Mr 7:15 Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”

Front

The evil deeds of man proceed from where?

Back

His heart

Answer explanation

Mr 7:21 From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,

Front

According to Mark 7, what eventually happens to the food that enters the body?

Back

It comes out of the body

Answer explanation

Mr 7:19 since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

Front

According to Mark 7, the woman who came to Jesus was of which ethnicity? Options: Roman, Jew, Syrophenician, Philistine

Back

Syrophenician

Answer explanation

Mr 7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,

Front

According to Mark 7, what did the Gentile woman want Jesus to do for her? Options: She wanted Jesus to let her two sons join His twelve disciples., She wanted Jesus to relieve her of her issue of blood, She wanted Jesus to raise her daughter back to life., She wanted Jesus to deliver her daughter from demons.

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She wanted Jesus to deliver her daughter from demons.

Answer explanation

Mr 7:26 6 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Front

Which of the following is true? Our deeds are inspired by our hearts., The things around us defile us., The unhealthy food we eat defiles us., The food we eat can change our temperament.

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Our deeds are inspired by our hearts.

Answer explanation

Mark 7:21 From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. 23 All these evils come from within and they defile.”

Front

Where was Jesus when the Gentile woman came to seek His help? Options: Jerusalem, The region of Tyre and Sidon, Caesarea Philippi, Bethany

Back

The region of Tyre and Sidon

Answer explanation

Mr 7:24 24 From that place he went off to the district of Tyre.[h] He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.