Parable of the Two Sons 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.How many sons did the certain man have?
- A. Two ✓
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Seven
Answer: Two
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. (Matthew 21:28)
Q2.What did the father ask the first son to do?
- A. Go work to day in my vineyard ✓
- B. Tend the sheep
- C. Go to market
- D. Mend nets
Answer: Go work to day in my vineyard
...Son, go work to day in my vineyard. (Matthew 21:28)
Q3.What did the first son say?
- A. I will not ✓
- B. I go, sir
- C. Send my brother
- D. Tomorrow
Answer: I will not
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. (Matthew 21:29)
Q4.What did the first son do afterward?
- A. He repented, and went ✓
- B. He fled
- C. He hid
- D. He slept
Answer: He repented, and went
...but afterward he repented, and went. (Matthew 21:29)
Q5.What did the second son say?
- A. I go, sir ✓
- B. I will not
- C. Send another
- D. I am weary
Answer: I go, sir
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. (Matthew 21:30)
Q6.Did the second son actually go?
- A. No, he went not ✓
- B. Yes, immediately
- C. Yes, at evening
- D. Yes, the next day
Answer: No, he went not
...And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. (Matthew 21:30)
Q7.Which son did the will of his father?
- A. The first ✓
- B. The second
- C. Both
- D. Neither
Answer: The first
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. (Matthew 21:31)
Q8.Who did Jesus say go into the kingdom before the chief priests?
- A. The publicans and the harlots ✓
- B. The Pharisees
- C. The Sadducees
- D. The scribes
Answer: The publicans and the harlots
Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. (Matthew 21:31)
Q9.In whose way did John the Baptist come?
- A. In the way of righteousness ✓
- B. In the way of judgment
- C. In the way of mercy
- D. In the way of glory
Answer: In the way of righteousness
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him. (Matthew 21:32)
Q10.What did the chief priests refuse to do, even after seeing it?
- A. Repent... that ye might believe him ✓
- B. Pray
- C. Fast
- D. Give alms
Answer: Repent... that ye might believe him
...and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. (Matthew 21:32)