Parable of the Mustard Seed Quiz

Answer key for Parable of the Mustard Seed Quiz

1. Q1: To what did Jesus liken the kingdom of heaven in this parable? Answer: A grain of mustard seed. The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed. Reference: Matthew 13:31 (KJV).
2. Q2: Who took and sowed the seed? Answer: A man. Which a man took, and sowed in his field. Reference: Matthew 13:31 (KJV).
3. Q3: How is the mustard seed described in size? Answer: Smallest of all seeds. Which indeed is the least of all seeds. Reference: Matthew 13:32 (KJV).
4. Q4: What does it become when grown? Answer: The greatest among herbs, a tree. It is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree. Reference: Matthew 13:32 (KJV).
5. Q5: Who come to lodge in its branches? Answer: The birds of the air. So that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches. Reference: Matthew 13:32 (KJV).
6. Q6: What parable did Jesus speak next, also of the kingdom? Answer: The leaven. The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven. Reference: Matthew 13:33 (KJV).
7. Q7: In how many measures of meal did the woman hide the leaven? Answer: Three. Which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal. Reference: Matthew 13:33 (KJV).
8. Q8: What does the mustard seed teach about small beginnings? Answer: They grow to great influence. The kingdom grows from small beginnings to global reach. Reference: Matthew 13 (KJV).
9. Q9: Jesus said faith as a mustard seed can do what? Answer: Remove a mountain. Ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove. Reference: Matthew 17:20 (KJV).
10. Q10: In which Gospels is the parable of the mustard seed recorded? Answer: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It is found in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 13. Reference: Mark 4:31 (KJV).