Luke 11:29-54
Key Verse: 11:34 “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.”
1. Why did Jesus rebuke the “wicked generation”? (29, 16) What does Jesus mean that he is the sign to his times as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh? (30)
2. Why would the Queen of the South and the people of Nineveh condemn the people of Jesus’ day? (31-32; 2 Chronicles 9) What is wrong with a sign-seeking mentality? (1 Corinthians 1:22-24)
3. In what sense is the eye the lamp of our body? (33-36) Why can’t some people see the light? [According to the footnote, unhealthy in Greek implies stingy.]
4. How did Jesus shock the Pharisee who invited him to dinner? (38) What is really dirty and what is the way of cleansing? (41) According to verse 42, what is more important than religious ritual?
5. In verses 43-54, what were the attitude and goals of the Pharisees? How did Jesus rebuke them? (43-45) Why are religious leaders responsible for the godlessness, injustice, and corruption of society? (46-54)