Gospels Matching Exercise
Instructions: Look at the Gospels Song and match as quickly as you can the correct event, person, or idea with the book or books in which it is found. There are 25. Let’s see who can get them all first.
Possible Answers:
· All four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
· The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke)
· Matthew and Mark (alone)
· Mark and Luke (alone)
· Matthew and Luke (alone)
· Matthew (alone)
· Mark (alone)
· Luke (alone)
· John (alone)
______Jesus curses a fig tree and it wilts
______The parable of the Good Samaritan
______Jesus heals a paralyzed man
______The parable of the Two Sons (not the Prodigal Son)
______Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
______Pilate sentences Jesus to death
______The Parable of the Sower (also known as the Parable of the Soils)
______Nicodemus asks Jesus how to enter the kingdom of God
______“Go and make disciples of the nations, baptizing them…”
______The feeding of five thousand with five loaves and two fish
______The transfiguration of Jesus
______The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
______Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah
______In this book Jesus often says “I am...”
______Guards are posted at the tomb after Jesus is buried
______Jesus sends out twelve of his disciples on a short-term mission trip
______Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding
______Jesus pronounces “woes” upon the scribes and Pharisees
______The Parable of the Sheep and Goats
______The Parable of the Ten Virgins
______The Parable of the Prodigal Son
______“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s”
______Jesus is arrested and taken to trial
______John the Baptist is beheaded
______Wise men from the east bring gifts to the baby Jesus