Mar. 30, 2025

Last week we covered the speck in your eye, the healing of the centurion’s servant and Jesus interrupting a funeral procession. This week we see Jesus being question by John the Baptist and Jesus teaching on John’s ministry. We will also see Jesus’ feet anointed by the sinful woman.

Luke Lesson 13 Study Questions

1.    Then the disciples of John: John the Baptist had his own disciples. Some of Jesus’ _________ started as ________ disciples (such as Andrew, John 1:35-40). It was noted when the disciples of Jesus began to outnumber those of John (John 4:1).

2.    Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: Jesus wanted to assure both John and his disciples that He was the _________. But He also reminded them that His power would be displayed mostly in humble acts of ________, meeting individual needs and not in spectacular displays of political deliverance.

3.    Blessed is he who is not offended because of Me: Jesus knew that the focus of His ministry was offensive to the expectation of the Jewish people, who longed for political ____________ from Roman domination. But there was a ________ for those who were not offended because of the Messiah who came against the expectation of the people.

4.    What did you go out into the wilderness to see? Jesus explained that John was a great man of God, one who did not live for his own ________ or the approval of others. John was a chosen ________ of God, not a man-pleaser.

5.    “As we may say, as a rule, that the darkest day is lighter than the brightest night; so John, though _____ of his own order, is behind the last of the new or _______ order. The least in the Gospel stands on higher ground than the greatest under the law.” (Spurgeon)

6.    But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves: The religious leaders had little use for the demonstration of __________ in John’s baptism. Their hearts were hard towards John, so it was no surprise that they were also hard towards _______.

7.    To what then shall I liken the men of this generation: Jesus considered the ________ of His current generation, and how they were choosy and uncertain in ________ God’s message and His messengers.

8.    He was a friend of tax collectors and sinners in the sense that He _______ them; He did not despise them or push them away. He genuinely wanted to help them and _______ them from the guilt, the shame, the power, and the penalty of their sin.

9.    And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner: Some suppose this was Mary Magdalene, but we have no __________ of this. In John 12:3 Mary of Bethany also anointed Jesus’ feet with oil, but this was a __________ incident.

10.    There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: Jesus used a simple parable to illustrate the point that the more we are _______, the more we should ______.

11.    Simon the Pharisee did not see the woman as she was (a humble sinner seeking __________, pouring out ______ for Jesus) because he looked at her as she had been (a notorious sinner).

12.    Your sins are forgiven: If Jesus has already said that her sins are forgiven (Luke 7:47), yet He also said this directly to the woman. We need the ________ power inherent in the _______ your sins are forgiven.