Matthew 6 Quiz — The Lord's Prayer & 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.What should we not do when we give alms?
- A. Give quietly
- B. Sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do ✓
- C. Give in secret
- D. Give cheerfully
Answer: Sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do. (Matthew 6:2)
Q2.Where should we lay up treasures?
- A. On earth
- B. In banks
- C. In heaven ✓
- D. In our homes
Answer: In heaven
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. (Matthew 6:20)
Q3.What does Jesus say the eye is?
- A. The lamp of the body ✓
- B. The window to the soul
- C. The judge of the heart
- D. The light of the world
Answer: The lamp of the body
The light of the body is the eye. (Matthew 6:22)
Q4.Who can add a cubit to his stature by taking thought?
- A. The wise
- B. The rich
- C. No one ✓
- D. The faithful
Answer: No one
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? (Matthew 6:27)
Q5.What does Jesus say about the birds of the air?
- A. They neither sow nor reap, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them ✓
- B. They store grain for winter
- C. They labor day and night
- D. They build great barns
Answer: They neither sow nor reap, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. (Matthew 6:26)
Q6.How does Jesus teach us to address God in prayer?
- A. Great and mighty God
- B. Our Father which art in heaven ✓
- C. Lord of hosts
- D. King of kings
Answer: Our Father which art in heaven
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven. (Matthew 6:9)
Q7.What do we ask to be done on earth as it is in heaven?
- A. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done ✓
- B. Give us our daily bread
- C. Forgive us our debts
- D. Lead us not into temptation
Answer: Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)
Q8.What does Jesus say we should seek first?
- A. Riches and honor
- B. The kingdom of God, and his righteousness ✓
- C. Long life
- D. Worldly wisdom
Answer: The kingdom of God, and his righteousness
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)
Q9.How should we forgive others?
- A. Only if they apologize
- B. As we would be forgiven ✓
- C. Never more than seven times
- D. Only family members
Answer: As we would be forgiven
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. (Matthew 6:14)
Q10.What should we not be like when we fast?
- A. Humble and quiet
- B. Of a sad countenance, disfiguring our faces ✓
- C. Prayerful
- D. Thankful
Answer: Of a sad countenance, disfiguring our faces
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces. (Matthew 6:16)