Luke 7:18-35
Key Verse 7:29 “All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.”
1. Where was John? (Mt 11:2) Why would John doubt that Jesus is the Messiah? (18-20) How did he deal with his doubt?
2. How did Jesus answer John’s question? (21-23) What does his answer reveal about him and the work of the Messiah? (4:18; Isaiah 35:5,6)
3. What did Jesus tell the crowd about John? (24-28) Why is John great? (28) Why is one who is least in the kingdom of God greater than John?
4. Why did ordinary people who heard Jesus’ words say, “God’s way is right”? (29) What is “God’s way”? How did the Pharisees respond? (30)
5. How did Jesus describe these religious leaders? (31-35) How did they show their childish indifference in their attitudes toward John and Jesus?