Parable of the Sheep and the Goats 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.When will the Son of man sit upon the throne of his glory?
- A. At His baptism
- B. When He comes in His glory ✓
- C. At Pentecost
- D. At His birth
Answer: When He comes in His glory
When the Son of man shall come in his glory… then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.
Q2.Who will be gathered before Him?
- A. The Jews only
- B. All nations ✓
- C. Believers only
- D. The angels
Answer: All nations
Before him shall be gathered all nations.
Q3.How will He divide them?
- A. By tribe
- B. As a shepherd divideth sheep from goats ✓
- C. By works alone
- D. By age
Answer: As a shepherd divideth sheep from goats
As a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
Q4.Where will the sheep be set?
- A. On his left hand
- B. On his right hand ✓
- C. Behind him
- D. Before him
Answer: On his right hand
He shall set the sheep on his right hand.
Q5.What does the King say to the sheep?
- A. Depart from me
- B. Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom ✓
- C. Well done, my friends
- D. Stand and watch
Answer: Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you.
Q6.When was the kingdom prepared?
- A. At the cross
- B. From the foundation of the world ✓
- C. After Pentecost
- D. At creation's seventh day
Answer: From the foundation of the world
Prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Q7.Which is NOT among the works named by the King?
- A. I was hungry, and ye gave me meat
- B. I was a stranger, and ye took me in
- C. I was sick, and ye visited me
- D. I was rich, and ye despised me not ✓
Answer: I was rich, and ye despised me not
The list is meat, drink, lodging, clothing, visiting the sick and the prisoner.
Q8.When did the righteous do these things, according to the King?
- A. When they prayed
- B. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ✓
- C. Only in the temple
- D. On the Sabbath
Answer: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Q9.What does the King say to those on the left?
- A. Wait a little
- B. Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire ✓
- C. Repent now
- D. Return to thy place
Answer: Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Q10.Where do the wicked go, and where the righteous?
- A. Sleep and waking
- B. Everlasting punishment / life eternal ✓
- C. Hades and Sheol
- D. Outer darkness only
Answer: Everlasting punishment / life eternal
These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.