Q 01/05

Which group does the Sermon on the Mount promise will inherit the earth, echoing a line from Psalm 37?

A) Those who mourn

B) The meek

C) The merciful

D) The persecuted

Answer · why

B) The meek

The meek meant the gentle or powerless in the Greek of the day, which made the promise startling in a culture built on honour and status.

Q 02/05

Which everyday substance does the Sermon on the Mount say is fit only to be trampled once it loses its taste?

A) Salt

B) Yeast

C) Oil

D) Wine

Answer · why

A) Salt

Salt in that era was impure, and the usual explanation is that damp could wash the real salt out and leave a tasteless white powder.

Q 03/05

Which Old Testament law of retaliation does Jesus quote before telling listeners to turn the other cheek?

A) Blood for blood

B) Measure for measure

C) An eye for an eye

D) Sevenfold vengeance

Answer · why

C) An eye for an eye

An eye for an eye began as a limit, capping revenge at the size of the injury, and Jesus asks his listeners to give up even that.

Q 04/05

On what does the foolish man build his house in the parable that ends the Sermon on the Mount?

A) Clay

B) Straw

C) Marsh

D) Sand

Answer · why

D) Sand

Sand gives way when the rain, floods and winds arrive, while the wise man's house on rock stands, which is Jesus's picture of hearing his words and ac...

Q 05/05

In the Sermon on the Mount, false prophets come dressed as which animals while inwardly being ravenous wolves?

A) Sheep

B) Doves

C) Oxen

D) Goats

Answer · why

A) Sheep

Sheep's clothing has been a common English expression for a hidden threat ever since, and Jesus's test for such teachers is the fruit their lives prod...