Matthew 13 & 14

Meditation Verse for Book of Matthew Chapter 13&14: Chapter 13: Lord Jesus Christ spoke with many things using the parables to teach us about the kingdom of heaven, which we practice daily in our church to strengthen our faith same as the “parable of the sower” hearing the word of God, understands it, and bear spiritual fruits some sixty, and some thirty Chapter 14: St. John the Baptist was a fearless preacher who told people to repent and obey God; he got martyred when facing King Herod with his inequity. Then, the miracle of Lord Jesus feeding the multitude with five loaves and two fishes. He himself looked up to heaven, blessed, and gave thanks; He taught us to give thanks at our meals. Lord Jesus walked upon the water to His disciples, He encouraged them against their fear. God is always there stretching His hand to catch us

Fill-in-the-blank: “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the .........., he cannot enter the ............of God” (John 3:5)

• A- Spirit, Kingdom

• B- Food, Kingdom

1- True or False: “ He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Verse: 13:9

• A- True

• B- False

2- “ For whoever has, to him………. Will be given, and he will have……….. but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 

• A- More, abundance, 

• B- Less, little 

3-  From the parable of sower: He who received seed on the good ground is ……….

• A- he who hears the word and understands it and bears fruit. 

• B- he who hears the word and the cares of the world choke the word and becomes unfruitful. 

4-  Our Lord Jesus Christ used to speak to the multitude in parables

• A- False

• B- True

5- From the parable of the tares of the field: The field is the…….. And the good seeds are………

• A- World, the sons of the kingdom

• 1. B- Heaven, the sons of kingdom

6- Who did hear the report about Our Lord Jesus, at this time? Matthew 14:1

• A- King David 

• 1. B- Herod the tetrarch

7- True or False: Herod had laid hold of John the Beloved and bound him, and put him in prison.

• A- True

• B- False

8- True or False; When it was evening, Our Lord Jesus sent the multitudes away so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. 

• A- True

• B- False

9- True or False: “ So they all ate and were filled and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained”. 

• A- True

• B- False