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?