Parable of Counting the Cost Quiz
10 questions · King James Version · biblesundays.com
1.What does Jesus ask about building a tower?
- A. Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
- B. Who will build me a tower?
- C. Towers are useless
- D. Build without planning
2.What happens if the builder lays the foundation but cannot finish?
- A. All that behold it begin to mock him
- B. He is praised
- C. He is forgiven
- D. He is helped
3.What do the mockers say?
- A. This man began to build, and was not able to finish
- B. He is wise
- C. He is strong
- D. He is blessed
4.What does Jesus compare to a king going to war?
- A. What king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- B. A farmer planting
- C. A merchant trading
- D. A shepherd leading
5.What does the king do if he cannot win?
- A. He sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace
- B. He fights anyway
- C. He surrenders unconditionally
- D. He flees
6.What does Jesus say about being His disciple?
- A. Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple
- B. Give half your possessions
- C. Keep your family first
- D. Follow at a distance
7.What does salt losing its savour illustrate?
- A. A disciple who loses his commitment is useless
- B. Salt is cheap
- C. Salt is valuable
- D. Salt is necessary
8.What must a disciple hate?
- A. His father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also
- B. His enemies
- C. Sin
- D. The world
9.What must a disciple bear?
- A. His cross, and come after me
- B. His wealth
- C. His honor
- D. His family
10.What does Jesus close with?
- A. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear
- B. Go in peace
- C. Be blessed
- D. Follow me
Answer Key
1.A. Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? — Luke 14:28 (KJV)
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? (Luke 14:28)
2.A. All that behold it begin to mock him — Luke 14:29 (KJV)
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him. (Luke 14:29)
3.A. This man began to build, and was not able to finish — Luke 14:30 (KJV)
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. (Luke 14:30)
4.A. What king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? — Luke 14:31 (KJV)
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? (Luke 14:31)
5.A. He sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace — Luke 14:32 (KJV)
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. (Luke 14:32)
6.A. Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple — Luke 14:33 (KJV)
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:33)
7.A. A disciple who loses his commitment is useless — Luke 14:34 (KJV)
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Luke 14:34-35)
8.A. His father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also — Luke 14:26 (KJV)
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26)
9.A. His cross, and come after me — Luke 14:27 (KJV)
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:27)
10.A. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear — Luke 14:35 (KJV)
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Luke 14:35)