Parable 15 Labourers Hired

New Life Bible Study
TNT – Get Loud!
Lesson 15
1. Subject: Labourers hired.
2. Text: Matthew 20:1-16
3. Principle:
a. This parable was intended to illustrate the equity of God’s dealings, even when “the first are placed last, and the last first.”
b. Matt. 3:2, 13:24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47, 22:2, 25:1, 14
c. Matt. 9:37, 38, 21:33-43; Song 8:11, 12; Isa. 5:1, 2; John 15:1
d. Matt. 23:37; Song 8:11, 12; Jer. 25:3, 4
e. Mark 13:34; 1 Cor. 15:58; Heb. 13:21; 2 Pet. 1:5-10
f. Matt. 20:13; Exod. 19:5, 6; Deut. 5:27-30
g. Matt. 18:28, 22:19; Luke 10:35; Rev. 6:6
h. 1 Sam. 2:18, 26, 3:1, 21, 16:11, 12; 1 Kings 3:6-11, 18:12; 2 Chr. 34:3; Eccl. 12:1; Luke 1:15; 2 Tim. 3:15
i. Mark 15:25; Acts 2:15
j. Matt. 20:6, 7, 11:16, 17; Prov. 19:15; Ezek. 16:49; Acts 17:17-21; 1 Tim. 5:13; Heb. 6:12
k. Matt. 9:9, 21:23-31; Luke 19:7-10; Rom. 6:16-22; 1 Cor. 6:11; 1 Tim. 1:12, 13; Titus 3:8; 1 Pet. 1:13, 4:2, 3
l. Col. 4:1
m. Matt. 27:45; Mark 15:33, 34; Luke 23:44-46; John 1:39, 4:6, 11:9; Acts 3:1, 10:3, 9
n. Gen. 12:1-4; Josh. 24:2, 3; 2 Chr. 33:12-19; Heb. 11:24-26
o. Eccl. 9:10; Luke 23:40-43; John 9:4
p. Prov. 19:15; Ezek. 16:49; Acts 17:21; Heb. 6:12
q. Acts 4:16, 17:30,31; Rom. 10:14-17, 16:25; Eph. 2:11, 12, 3:5, 6; Col. 1:26
r. Matt. 22:9, 10; Eccl. 9:10; Luke 14:21-23; John 9:4
s. Eph. 6:8; Heb. 6:10
t. Matt. 13:39, 40, 25:19, 31; Rom. 2:6-10; 2 Cor. 5:10; Heb. 9:28; Rev. 20:11, 12
u. Gen. 15:2, 39:4-6, 43:19; Luke 10:7, 12:42, 16:1, 2; 1 Cor. 4:1, 2; Titus 1:7; 1 Pet. 4:10
v. Matt. 20:2, 6, 7; Luke 23:40-43; Rom. 4:3-6, 5:20,21; Eph. 1:6-8, 2:8-10; 1 Tim. 1:14-16
w. Luke 5:30, 15:2, 28-30, 19:7; Acts 11:2, 3, 13:45, 22:21, 22; 1 Thes. 2:16; Jude 1:16
x. Luke 14:10,11; Rom. 3:22-24, 30; Eph. 3:6
y. Isa. 58:2, 3; Zech. 7:3-5; Mal. 1:13, 3:14; Luke 15:29, 30, 18:11, 12; Rom. 3:27, 9:30-32, 10:1-3, 11:5, 6; 1 Cor. 4:11; 2 Cor. 11:23-28
z. Matt. 22:12, 26:50
aa. Gen. 18:25; Job 34:8-12, 17, 18, 35:2, 40:8; Rom. 9:14, 15, 20
bb. Matt. 6:2, 6, 16; 2 Kings 10:16, 30,31; Ezek. 29:18-20; Luke 15:31, 16:25; Rom. 3:4, 19
cc. John 17:2
dd. Matt. 11:25; Exod. 33:19; Deut. 7:6-8; 1 Chr. 28:4, 5; Jer. 27:5-7; John 17:2; Rom. 9:15-24, 11:5, 6; 1 Cor. 4:7; Eph. 1:11, 2:1, 5; James 1:18
ee. Matt. 6:23; Deut. 15:9, 28:54; Prov. 23:6, 28:22; Mark 7:22; James 5:9
ff. Jonah 4:1-4; Acts 13:45
gg. Matt. 8:11, 12, 19:30, 21:31; Mark 10:31; Luke 7:47, 13:28-30, 15:7, 17:17, 18; John 12:19-22; Rom. 5:20, 9:30
hh. Matt. 7:13, 22:14; Luke 14:24; Rom. 8:30; 1 Thes. 2:13; 2 Thes. 2:13, 14; James 1:23-25
4. Practice:
a. What do you think of deathbed or death-row conversions?
b. What is the most generous thing anyone has ever done for you?
c. Who is the best employer you ever had? Why?
d. To what situation did Jesus compare the kingdom of heaven?
e. Who was the central character in this parable?
f. What did the landowner go out and do?
g. What wages were agreed upon by the landowner and his hired hands?
h. In the parable, what happened at about 9:00 a.m.?
i. What wage was agreed upon between the landowner and his workers?
j. How many additional times did the landowner go out and hire workers?
k. What explanation did the last group of workers give when asked why they were standing around doing nothing?
l. What happened to the last group of workers?
m. What did the landowner tell his foreman at the end of the day?
n. What wages did the workers hired at the eleventh hour receive?
o. what did the landowner pay to the men who worked all day?
p. How did the workers respond to the landowner’s system of payment?
q. What rationale did the landowner give for his actions?
r. In what ways does God’s grace seem unfair?
s. How do our cultural values resist the idea of grace?
t. Why is it dangerous to compare your own situation with someone else’s?
u. How would you answer the argument that God isn’t fair in the way He forgives? v. How does it make you feel to know that heaven will include ex-murderers, former child molesters, and people who put their trust in Christ only minutes before death? w. What would happen if God gave each of us what we deserve? x. How can focusing on God’s grace in our lives keep us from becoming jealous of others? y. What can you do today to help someone who needs God’s grace begin to understand the love of God?
z. In what way can you say thank you to God every day this week for his amazing grace in your life? aa. What is the purpose of this parable?
bb. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
cc. What is the meaning of the parable? dd. What was the response to the parable? ee. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
ff. What does the parable reveal about us? gg. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
hh. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?

Parable 14 the Unmerciful Servant

Lesson 14
Subject: Unmerciful servant
Text: Matthew 18:23-35
Principle:
a. Matt. 3:2, 13:24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47, 52, 25:1, 14
b. Matt. 25:19-30; Luke 16:1, 2, 19:12-27; Rom. 14:12; 1 Cor. 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:10,11
c. Luke 7:41, 42, 13:4 *marg. Luke 16:5, 7
d. 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 9:6; Psa. 38:4, 40:12, 130:3, 4
e. Lev. 25:39; 2 Kings 4:1; Neh. 5:5, 8; Isa. 50:1
f. Matt. 18:29; Luke 7:43; Rom. 10:3
g. Judg. 10:16; Neh. 9:17; Psa. 78:38, 86:5, 15, 145:8; Hosea 11:8
h. Matt. 20:2
i. Deut. 15:2; Neh. 5:7, 10,11, 10:31; Isa. 58:3; Ezek. 45:9
j. Matt. 18:26, 6:12; Philem. 1:18, 19
k. 1 Kings 21:27-29, 22:27
l. Psa. 119:136, 158; Jer. 9:1; Mark 3:5; Luke 19:41; Rom. 9:1-3, 12:15; 2 Cor. 11:21; Heb. 13:3
m. Gen. 37:2; Luke 14:21; Heb. 13:17
n. Matt. 25:26; Luke 19:22; Rom. 3:19
o. Matt. 5:44, 45; Luke 6:35, 36; Eph. 4:32, 5:1, 2; Col. 3:13
p. Matt. 5:25, 26; Luke 12:58, 59; 2 Thes. 1:8, 9; Rev. 14:10,11
q. Matt. 6:12, 14, 15, 7:1, 2; Prov. 21:13; Mark 11:26; Luke 6:37, 38; James 2:13
r. Prov. 21:2; Jer. 3:10; Zech. 7:12; Luke 16:15; James 3:14, 4:8; Rev. 2:23
Practice:
a. To what did Jesus compare the kingdom of heaven?
b. In the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, what did the king want to do?
c. How was the king prepared to get the large amount of money owed him by a particular servant?
d. What did the indebted servant do?
e. How did the king graciously respond to the indebted servant’s desperate plea?
f. What did the servant go do after his debt was cancelled?
g. How did the second servant respond to the demand for payment?
h. What effect did the second servant’s pleas have on the first servant?
i. Who watched with dismay as the first servant refused to have mercy on the second? Why?
j. How did the onlookers respond when they saw the first servant throw the second in jail?
k. How did the king react to the news he heard?
l. How did Jesus apply this parable to His followers?
m. How likely are we to forgive someone once, twice, or even three times?
n. How likely are people to forgive someone beyond three times?
o. How are we to interpret Jesus’ answer, “seventy-seven times”?
p. Why is an unforgiving spirit so deadly?
q. In what ways has God shown mercy in forgiving our sins?
r. If God is so willing to forgive us, why are we sometimes unwilling to forgive others?
s. How do we sometimes forgive with strings attached?
t. What should we do if we don’t feel like forgiving others?
u. How is it possible for us to forget the wrongs others have done to us?
v. What individual(s) do you need to “release from their debts” today?
w. What is the purpose of this parable?
x. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
y. What is the meaning of the parable?
z. What was the response to the parable?
aa. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
bb. What does the parable reveal about us?
cc. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
dd. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?

Parable 13 Unclean Meat

Lesson 13
Subject: Unclean Meat.
Text: Matthew 15:10-20
Principle:
a. 1 Kings 22:28; Mark 7:14, 16; Luke 20:45-47
b. Matt. 13:19, 24:15; Isa. 6:9, 55:3; Luke 24:45; Eph. 1:17; Col. 1:9; James 1:5
c. Mark 7:15; Luke 11:38-41; Acts 10:14, 15, 11:8, 9; Rom. 14:14, 17, 20; 1 Tim. 4:4, 5; Titus 1:15; Heb. 13:9
d. Matt. 15:18-20, 12:34-37; Psa. 10:7, 12:2, 52:2-4, 58:3, 4; Isa. 37:23; Isa. 59:3-5, 13-15; Jer. 9:3-6; Rom. 3:13, 14; James 3:5-8; 2 Pet. 2:18
e. Matt. 17:27; 1 Kings 22:13, 14; 1 Cor. 10:32, 33; 2 Cor. 6:3; Gal. 2:5; James 3:17
f. Matt. 13:40,41; Psa. 92:13; Isa. 60:21; John 15:2, 6; 1 Cor. 3:12-15
g. Hosea 4:17; 1 Tim. 6:5
h. Matt. 23:16-24; Isa. 9:16, 42:19, 56:10; Mal. 2:8; Luke 6:39
i. Jer. 5:31, 6:15, 8:12; Ezek. 14:9, 10; Micah 3:6, 7; 2 Pet. 2:1, 17; Rev. 19:20; Rev. 22:15
j. Matt. 13:36; Mark 4:34, 7:17; John 16:29
k. Matt. 15:10, 13:51, 16:9, 11; Isa. 28:9, 10; Mark 6:52, 7:18, 8:17, 18, 9:32; Luke 9:45; Luke 18:34, 24:45; Heb. 5:12
l. Matt. 7:19, 20; Luke 6:45; 1 Cor. 6:13; Col. 2:21, 22; James 3:6
m. 2 Kings 10:27
n. Matt. 15:11, 12:34; 1 Sam. 24:13; Psa. 36:3; Prov. 6:12, 10:32, 15:2, 28; Luke 19:22; James 3:6-10; Rev. 13:5, 6
o. Gen. 6:5, 8:21; Prov. 4:23, 6:14, 22:15, 24:9; Jer. 17:9; Mark 7:21-23; Rom. 3:10-19, 7:18, 8:7, 8; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 2:1-3; Titus 3:2-6
p. Matt. 9:4; Psa. 119:113; Isa. 55:7, 59:7; Jer. 4:14; Acts 8:22; James 1:13-15
q. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17, 6:9-11, 18-20; Eph. 5:3-6; Rev. 21:8, 27
r. Matt. 15:2, 23:25, 26; Mark 7:3, 4; Luke 11:38-40
Practice:
a. How did Jesus shift the emphasis away from external issues like unclean and clean foods?
b. How did the Pharisees like Jesus’ statements?
c. What advice did Jesus give to followers of the Pharisees?
d. Why did Jesus explain His statements to His disciples?
e. How did Jesus redefine “unclean”?
f. How is it possible for us to be “religious” and yet be far from God?
g. In what ways are we sometimes like the Pharisees?
h. What are some ways we “go through the motions” of the Christian life?
i. Why do we sometimes use loopholes or rationalizations to avoid doing the right thing?
j. What matters more: how people behave or their motives and attitudes?
k. In what way do Christians get bogged down in unnecessary rules?
l. What advice would you give a Christian friend who is far away from God?
m. In what ways have you allowed man-made rules to obscure the spirit of the law (and the work of the Holy Spirit in your life)?
n. What is one step you can take to develop a pure heart this week?
o. What is the purpose of this parable?
p. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
q. What is the meaning of the parable?
r. What was the response to the parable?
s. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
t. What does the parable reveal about us?
u. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
v. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?

Parable 12 Net Cast Into the Sea

Lesson 12
Subject: Net cast into the sea.
Text: Matthew 13:47-50
Principle:

a. How was the net used, and what was the result? Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17; Luke 5:10

b. In the Parable of the Net, what did the fishermen do with the full net? Matt. 13:26-30, 22:9, 10, 25:1-4; Luke 14:21-23; John 15:2, 6; Acts 5:1-10; Acts 8:18-22, 20:30; 1 Cor. 5:1-6, 10:1-12, 11:19; 2 Cor. 11:13-15, 26; 2 Cor. 12:20,21; Gal. 2:4; 2 Tim. 3:2-5, 4:3, 4; Titus 1:9-11; 2 Pet. 2:1-3, 13-22; 1 John 2:18, 19, 4:1-6; Jude 1:4, 5; Rev. 3:1, 15-17

c. What happened to the good fish? Matt. 13:30,40-43, 3:12

d. What happened to the bad fish? Matt. 13:39, 24:31

e. Why did Jesus use this analogy? Matt. 22:12-14, 25:5-12, 19-33; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; Rev. 20:12-15

f. What group did the fishermen in the story represent? Matt. 13:42

g. Jesus interpreted His parable to say that wicked people can expect what kind of eternal destiny? Matt. 24:50,51; Luke 13:27, 28; Rev. 14:10,11, 16:10,11

Practice:
a. What do you think it would have been like to hear Jesus teach about heaven?
b. Since Jesus is in the fishing business, what can you do to help him catch men and women?
c. Why are we often reluctant to talk about hell?
d. What could you say to a friend who expressed doubts about hell?
e. How would it alter the way we live if we kept in mind the fact that God will judge us?
f. How can we live more often with the wonder of heaven in mind?
g. What new insight into God’s kingdom do you have as a result of studying this passage?
h. What is the purpose of this parable?
i. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
j. What is the meaning of the parable?
k. What was the response to the parable?
l. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
m. What does the parable reveal about us?
n. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
o. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?

Lesson 11 Pearl of Great Price

Lesson 11
Pearl of great price.
Text: Matthew 13:45-46
Principle:
Matt. 16:26, 22:5; Prov. 3:13-18, 8:10,11, 18-20
Job 28:18; Psa. 4:6, 7, 39:6, 7; Eccl. 2:2-12, 12:8, 13
Prov. 2:4; Isa. 33:6; 1 Cor. 3:21-23; Eph. 3:8; Col. 2:3; 1 John 5:11, 12; Rev. 21:21
Mark 10:28-31; Luke 18:28-30; Acts 20:24; Gal. 6:14

Practice:
To what did Christ compare the kingdom of heaven? Why?
What did the man in the parable find?
How valuable was the pearl?
How did the man who found the pearl react to its discovery?
What is the purpose of this parable?
Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
What is the meaning of the parable?
What was the response to the parable?
What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
What does the parable reveal about us?
How can you apply this parable in your life today?
What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?

Parable 10 Treasure Hid in a Field

Lesson 10
Subject: Treasure hid in a field.
Text: Matthew 13:44
Principle:
a. Matt. 6:21; Prov. 2:2-5, 16:16, 17:16, 18:1; John 6:35; Rom. 15:4; 1 Cor. 2:9, 10; Col. 2:3, 3:3, 4, 16
b. Matt. 19:21, 27, 29; Luke 14:33, 18:23, 24, 19:6-8; Acts 2:44-47, 4:32-35; Phil. 3:7-9; Heb. 10:34, 11:24-26
c. Prov. 23:23; Isa. 55:1; Rev. 3:18
Practice:
a. What is like treasure hidden in a field? How?
b. What is the kingdom of heaven like? Why?
c. Where was treasure hidden?
d. What happened when the man uncovered the hidden treasure?
e. How did the man feel when he discovered the treasure?
f. How badly did the man want the treasure?
g. What is the purpose of this parable?
h. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
i. What is the meaning of the parable?
j. What was the response to the parable?
k. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
l. What does the parable reveal about us?
m. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
n. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?

Leaven.

Lesson 9
Subject: Leaven.
Text: Matthew 13:33 - 35
Principle:
a. Mark 13:20
b. Luke 13:21; 1 Cor. 5:6, 7; Gal. 5:9
c. Job 17:9; Prov. 4:18; Hosea 6:3; John 15:2, 16:12, 13; Phil. 1:6, 9, 2:13-15; 1 Thes. 5:23, 24; 2 Pet. 3:18
d. Matt. 13:13; Mark 4:33, 34
e. Matt. 13:14, 21:4, 5
f. Psa. 78:2
g. Psa. 49:4; Isa. 42:9; Amos 3:7; Luke 10:14; Rom. 16:25, 26; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 3:5, 9; Col. 1:25, 26; 2 Tim. 1:9, 10; Titus 1:2, 3; Heb. 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:11, 12
h. Matt. 25:34; John 17:24; Acts 15:18; 1 Pet. 1:20,21; Rev. 13:8, 17:8
Practice:
a. In the Parable of the Yeast, to what did Christ liken the kingdom of heaven?
b. How does yeast work?
c. In addition to parables, how else did Jesus get His point across to the crowd?
d. Why was Jesus’ use of parables significant?
e. What is the purpose of this parable?
f. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
g. What is the meaning of the parable?
h. What was the response to the parable?
i. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
j. What does the parable reveal about us?
k. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
l. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?