6 Parable Details You Missed | Bible Trivia Quiz | Digging Deeper

Question 1. In the parable Jesus told Simon the Pharisee, how much did the two debtors owe?

Answer: One owed five hundred pence and the other fifty. Both were forgiven (Luke 7:41–42).

Context & Exhortation: Jesus told this story at Simon's dinner while a sinful woman washed His feet with her tears. 

He asked Simon which of the two men would love the lender more: "which of them will love him most?" (Luke 7:42). Simon answered, "I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most" (Luke 7:43).

Simon thought he owed little. The woman knew she owed much. Love grows out of knowing how much you have been forgiven.

Simon gave Jesus no water, no kiss and no oil. The woman gave all three (7:44–46). Jesus told her, “Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace” (7:50). 

When we know how much God has forgiven us, we will love muchly.

Question 2. In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how many brothers did the rich man want warned?

Answer: Five brothers (Luke 16:27–28).

Context & Exhortation: From torment, the rich man begs Abraham to send Lazarus to his father’s house. 

Abraham answers, “They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them” (16:29). “Neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead” (16:31). The warning in Scripture is already enough for those willing to listen.

The rich man lived in luxury every day, while poor Lazarus lay at his gate (Luke 16:19–20). After they died, Lazarus was comforted and the rich man was in torment (Luke 16:25).

Only then did the rich man care about his brothers' souls, but it was too late for him. That's why we must listen to God today, while we still have time.

Question 3. The unjust steward reduced a debt of 100 measures of oil. What did he tell the debtor to write?

Answer: Fifty (Luke 16:6).

Context & Exhortation: About to lose his job, the steward quickly cut his master’s debts so people would welcome him later. A wheat debt of 100 measures became 80 (16:7).

Jesus did not praise the dishonesty. He noted the steward’s shrewd planning and said, “the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light” (16:8). Believers should plan for eternity at least as seriously.

Jesus added, “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much” (16:10). Small things reveal character.

Scripture reminds us, “Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (16:13). Money is a tool to use for God, not a master to serve.

Question 4. In the parable of the unforgiving servant, how much did the servant owe the king?

Answer: Ten thousand talents. His fellow servant owed him only a hundred pence (Matthew 18:24, 28).

Context & Exhortation: Ten thousand talents was a sum no servant could ever repay. The king forgave it all, yet the servant then choked a fellow servant over a small debt and threw him in prison (18:27–30).

Jesus told this in answer to Peter’s question about forgiving seventy times seven (18:21–22). Whoever has been forgiven an unpayable debt has no ground to hold small ones.

The servant begged, “Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all” (18:26). It was a promise he could never keep.

Jesus ended with a warning about those who do not forgive “from your hearts” (18:35). Forgiveness must be real, not just spoken.

Question 5. In the parable of the barren fig tree, how long had the owner looked for fruit?

Answer: Three years. The dresser asked for one more year to dig and fertilise it (Luke 13:7–8).

The owner said, “cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?” The vinedresser pleaded, “let it alone this year also,” and if it still bore nothing, then cut it down (13:8–9).

This is a parable of patience with a limit. God’s mercy gives time to bear fruit, but the extra year is a gift, not a guarantee.

Jesus told this right after warning, “except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (13:3, 5). The parable explains why judgment had not yet fallen.

Family, God’s goodness is meant to lead us to repentance (Romans 2:4). We should not waste the extra time.

Question 6. In the parable of the great supper, what were the three excuses given by the invited guests?

Answer: One bought land, one bought five yoke of oxen, and one had married a wife (Luke 14:18–20).

Context & Exhortation: None of the excuses were sinful in themselves: property, business and marriage. They were simply put ahead of the invitation. Priorities.

The master then filled his house with the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind (14:21).

Good things become a problem when they make us too busy to go when God calls.

The servant came back and said, “yet there is room” (14:22). The master sent him again to the highways and hedges (14:23).

God wants His house full. There is still room for anyone who will come. And that’s why we are here, encouraging one another in the Lord and equipping ourselves to tell somebody, “Get ready; Jesus is coming soon; you must be born again to be saved in His Kingdom.”

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