Matthew the Apostle Bible Quiz — 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 was Matthew's occupation before following Jesus?
- A. A fisherman
- B. A publican / tax collector sitting at the receipt of custom ✓
- C. A Pharisee
- D. A scribe
Answer: A publican / tax collector sitting at the receipt of custom
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Q2.What did Matthew do immediately after Jesus called him?
- A. He hesitated
- B. He arose, followed him, and made him a great feast in his own house ✓
- C. He argued about wages
- D. He asked for a sign
Answer: He arose, followed him, and made him a great feast in his own house
And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Q3.What is another name for Matthew?
- A. Levi the son of Alphaeus ✓
- B. Simon Peter
- C. Thomas Didymus
- D. Judas Iscariot
Answer: Levi the son of Alphaeus
Mark 2:14 calls him Levi the son of Alphaeus, while Matthew uses his Greek name.
Q4.Why did the Pharisees murmur at Matthew's feast?
- A. Because Jesus ate with publicans and sinners ✓
- B. Because the food was unclean
- C. Because it was on the Sabbath
- D. Because it was too expensive
Answer: Because Jesus ate with publicans and sinners
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Q5.What did Jesus say He came to do?
- A. To call the righteous
- B. To call sinners to repentance ✓
- C. To judge the world
- D. To establish an earthly kingdom
Answer: To call sinners to repentance
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Q6.Which Gospel did Matthew write?
- A. The Gospel of Mark
- B. The Gospel of Matthew ✓
- C. The Gospel of Luke
- D. The Gospel of John
Answer: The Gospel of Matthew
Matthew wrote the first Gospel, emphasising Jesus as the Messiah and King of the Jews, with extensive references to fulfilled prophecy.
Q7.How does Matthew's Gospel begin?
- A. In the beginning was the Word
- B. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham ✓
- C. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand
- D. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ
Answer: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Q8.What group was Matthew part of?
- A. The Sadducees
- B. The twelve apostles ✓
- C. The Pharisees
- D. The scribes
Answer: The twelve apostles
Matthew was one of the twelve apostles, called directly by Jesus despite his despised profession.
Q9.What was a publican?
- A. A Roman soldier
- B. A tax collector for Rome, despised by Jews ✓
- C. A priest
- D. A scribe
Answer: A tax collector for Rome, despised by Jews
Publicans were Jews who collected taxes for Rome, often adding their own profit, making them despised as traitors and sinners.
Q10.What does Matthew's conversion demonstrate?
- A. That only the religious are saved
- B. That Jesus transforms lives and calls the despised to follow Him ✓
- C. That tax collectors are beyond hope
- D. That wealth is required for discipleship
Answer: That Jesus transforms lives and calls the despised to follow Him
Matthew left a lucrative, despised career to follow Jesus — a powerful testimony that no one is beyond the reach of grace.