Matthew 5 Quiz — The Beatitudes & Sermon on the Mount — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Where did Jesus sit down to teach?
- A. By the sea
- B. In a mountain ✓
- C. In the temple
- D. In a boat
Answer: In a mountain
He went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him.
Q2.Who are blessed and inherit the kingdom of heaven?
- A. The merciful
- B. The poor in spirit ✓
- C. The meek
- D. The pure in heart
Answer: The poor in spirit
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Q3.Whom does Jesus say shall inherit the earth?
- A. The strong
- B. The meek ✓
- C. The wise
- D. The just
Answer: The meek
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Q4.Who shall see God?
- A. The merciful
- B. The pure in heart ✓
- C. The peacemakers
- D. The persecuted
Answer: The pure in heart
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Q5.Who shall be called the children of God?
- A. The merciful
- B. The peacemakers ✓
- C. The persecuted
- D. The mourners
Answer: The peacemakers
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Q6.What are believers called in the world?
- A. The leaven of the world
- B. The salt of the earth ✓
- C. The garden of God
- D. The pillar of truth
Answer: The salt of the earth
Ye are the salt of the earth.
Q7.What is a city set on a hill?
- A. A fortress
- B. Cannot be hid ✓
- C. Always honoured
- D. Hard to reach
Answer: Cannot be hid
A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Q8.Did Jesus come to destroy the law and the prophets?
- A. Yes
- B. No, but to fulfil ✓
- C. Only the law
- D. Only the prophets
Answer: No, but to fulfil
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Q9.Whom did Jesus command to love?
- A. Your neighbours only
- B. Your enemies ✓
- C. Your families
- D. The righteous
Answer: Your enemies
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you.
Q10.How does Matthew 5 end?
- A. With a parable
- B. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect ✓
- C. With a warning
- D. With a prayer
Answer: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.