Bible Trivia Quiz | Parables About Being Ready | Digging Deeper

Question 1. In the parable of the ten virgins, what did the wise take with them that the foolish did not?

Answer: Oil in their vessels, along with their lamps (Matthew 25:3–4).

Context & Exhortation: In Jewish weddings of Jesus’ day, the bridegroom went to fetch his bride, and the wedding party waited to meet him, often late at night, with lamps. 

All ten virgins had lamps, and all ten “slumbered and slept” while the bridegroom tarried (25:5). At midnight the cry came, “Behold, the bridegroom cometh” (25:6).

From the outside, the ten looked the same. The difference between them was what they had prepared beforehand, when no one was watching.

Jesus ends the parable with a clear instruction: “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh” (25:13).

Readiness is built in the quiet times, long before the moment comes. Let us prepare our hearts now through prayer, the Word and obedience, before the cry goes out.

Question 2. When the foolish virgins asked to borrow oil, what did the wise tell them?

Answer: “Not so.” There might not be enough for both, so they should go to those who sell and buy their own (Matthew 25:9).

Context & Exhortation: When the bridegroom’s arrival was announced, the foolish virgins discovered their lamps were going out. They turned to the wise and said, “Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out” (25:8).

The answer may sound unkind, but it carries a serious truth. Some things cannot be shared or borrowed at the last minute. No one can be ready on someone else’s faith.

While the foolish went to buy oil, the bridegroom came, “and the door was shut” (25:10). When they returned, he answered, “I know you not” (25:12).

The thing is, Family, we can be encouraged by other people’s faith, but we cannot borrow it. So the question is whether our walk with God is truly our own, and if not, we should start building it today.

Question 3. In Luke 12, Jesus described servants found watching when their lord returns. What surprising thing will the lord do for them?

Answer: He will dress himself to serve, seat them at the table, and come and serve them (Luke 12:37).

Context & Exhortation: Jesus said, “Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning” (12:35). 

In those days, people tucked their long robes into their belts so they could work or move quickly. He pictured servants waiting for their lord to come home from a wedding (12:36).

In this story, the master does something no master in that culture would do: he becomes the servant and waits on them. It is a picture of our Lord.

At the Last Supper Jesus said, “I am among you as he that serveth” (Luke 22:27). He came to serve, and He will honour those who serve Him faithfully.

Our Lord honours those who wait faithfully for Him. Whatever service we give Him today, however small, God sees it, and He will not forget it.

Question 4. In Luke 12, what happens to the servant who knew his lord’s will but did not prepare himself?

Answer: He will be beaten with many stripes (Luke 12:47).

Context & Exhortation: After Jesus told the parable of the watchful servants, Peter asked whether it was meant for the disciples only or for everyone (12:41). 

Jesus answered with a story about a steward and this warning.

The servant in this verse knew exactly what his master wanted, but he did not prepare or obey. Jesus taught that knowing more brings more responsibility, not less. He explained, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required” (12:48). 

James wrote the same truth: “to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin” (James 4:17).

Many of us know far more of God’s Word than we put into practice. What has God already shown us to do? Once we know, surely we must take that step to do it, today.

Question 5. Jesus said that if the owner of a house knew when the thief was coming, he would have done two things. What were they?

Answer: He would have watched, and he would not have let his house be broken into (Matthew 24:43).

Context & Exhortation: Jesus began this teaching with the words, “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” (24:42). 

In that day, thieves often broke into homes by digging through mud-brick walls at night. 

A thief never announces his visit. If we knew the hour, we would be ready. Because no one knows the hour, readiness has to be constant, not last-minute.

Jesus went on, “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh” (24:44).

Family, since we don’t know the hour, every hour matters. I encourage you, as I encourage myself, to live each day in a way we would be glad for Jesus to find us, at home, at work and in private.

Question 6. In Matthew 24, what does the evil servant tell himself, and how does he begin to behave?

Answer: He says, “My lord delayeth his coming,” then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken (Matthew 24:48–49).

Context & Exhortation: This servant had been put in charge of his master’s household. 

When the master delayed, the servant began to misuse his position. His master arrives “in a day when he looketh not for him” (24:50) and appoints him “his portion with the hypocrites” (24:51).

His trouble began with one thought: there’s still time. That delay turned into carelessness, and carelessness turned into cruelty toward others.

By contrast, Jesus said, “Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing” (24:46). The faithful servant was simply found doing his job.

Many people plan to get right with God later. 

Family, never let the thought ‘there’s still time’ become an excuse to put off what God is asking of you today.

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