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Matthew never gives their number.\"},\n    {q:\"What three gifts did the wise men present?\", opts:[\"Gold, frankincense, and myrrh\", \"Gold, silver, and spices\", \"Frankincense, oil, and fine linen\", \"Myrrh, wine, and grain\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 2:11\", fact:\"\\\"They presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.\\\" Three gifts \u2014 not necessarily three men.\"},\n    {q:\"Which prophecy does Matthew attach to the family's return from Egypt?\", opts:[\"\\\"Out of Egypt have I called my son\\\"\", \"\\\"A voice was heard in Ramah\\\"\", \"\\\"He shall be called a Nazarene\\\"\", \"\\\"Behold, a virgin shall be with child\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 2:15\", fact:\"Matthew quotes Hosea 11:1. He is the only Gospel writer who records the flight into Egypt at all.\"},\n    {q:\"Herod killed the children of Bethlehem of what age?\", opts:[\"Two years old and under\", \"Under one year\", \"Every firstborn son\", \"Under seven years\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 2:16\", fact:\"\\\"He sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem... from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What was John the Baptist's clothing and food?\", opts:[\"Camel's hair with a leathern girdle; locusts and wild honey\", \"A linen ephod; bread and water\", \"Sackcloth; figs and olives\", \"A woollen cloak; barley loaves\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 3:4\", fact:\"\\\"John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What was said from heaven at Jesus' baptism?\", opts:[\"\\\"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee\\\"\", \"\\\"Hear ye him\\\"\", \"\\\"I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 3:17\", fact:\"\\\"Lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.\\\" In Matthew the voice speaks about Jesus to those watching.\"},\n    {q:\"How long did Jesus fast in the wilderness before the temptation?\", opts:[\"Forty days and forty nights\", \"Seven days\", \"Three days\", \"A full year\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 4:2\", fact:\"\\\"When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"How did Jesus answer the first temptation?\", opts:[\"\\\"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God\\\"\", \"\\\"Get thee hence, Satan\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 4:4\", fact:\"Every one of Jesus' three answers in Matthew 4 is a quotation from Deuteronomy. This one is Deuteronomy 8:3.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say to Simon Peter and Andrew by the sea?\", opts:[\"\\\"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men\\\"\", \"\\\"Launch out into the deep\\\"\", \"\\\"Let down your nets for a draught\\\"\", \"\\\"Come and see\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 4:19\", fact:\"\\\"And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.\\\" They were casting a net at the time \u2014 the metaphor was already in their hands.\"},\n    {q:\"Which town does Matthew say Jesus left Nazareth to live in?\", opts:[\"Capernaum\", \"Bethany\", \"Cana\", \"Bethsaida\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 4:13\", fact:\"\\\"Leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"How does the first Beatitude read?\", opts:[\"\\\"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven\\\"\", \"\\\"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted\\\"\", \"\\\"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth\\\"\", \"\\\"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 5:3\", fact:\"The Sermon on the Mount opens by blessing the people least likely to think of themselves as blessed.\"},\n    {q:\"According to the Beatitudes, the peacemakers shall be called what?\", opts:[\"The children of God\", \"The salt of the earth\", \"Heirs of the kingdom\", \"The light of the world\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 5:9\", fact:\"\\\"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"Complete the line: \\\"A city that is set on an hill...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...cannot be hid\\\"\", \"\\\"...shall not be moved\\\"\", \"\\\"...is a refuge for the weary\\\"\", \"\\\"...shall be called of the Lord\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 5:14\", fact:\"\\\"Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile...\\\" \u2014 how does Jesus finish it?\", opts:[\"\\\"...go with him twain\\\"\", \"\\\"...go not with him at all\\\"\", \"\\\"...bless him and depart\\\"\", \"\\\"...carry his burden also\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 5:41\", fact:\"\\\"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.\\\" This is where the phrase \\\"go the extra mile\\\" comes from.\"},\n    {q:\"In Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer begins how?\", opts:[\"\\\"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name\\\"\", \"\\\"Father, glorify thy name\\\"\", \"\\\"O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name\\\"\", \"\\\"Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 6:9\", fact:\"Matthew places the Lord's Prayer inside the Sermon on the Mount, framed by teaching on praying quietly rather than for an audience.\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"Ye cannot serve God and...\\\" what?\", opts:[\"Mammon\", \"Caesar\", \"The world\", \"Two masters\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 6:24\", fact:\"\\\"No man can serve two masters... Ye cannot serve God and mammon.\\\" Mammon is wealth treated as a master.\"},\n    {q:\"What does Jesus say the lilies of the field do not do?\", opts:[\"They toil not, neither do they spin\", \"They sow not, neither do they reap\", \"They fear not, neither do they want\", \"They wither not, neither do they fade\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 6:28\", fact:\"\\\"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.\\\" The birds of the air, a few verses earlier, are the ones who sow not.\"},\n    {q:\"What is in your own eye, in the mote-and-beam saying?\", opts:[\"A beam\", \"A mote\", \"A shadow\", \"A speck of dust\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 7:3\", fact:\"\\\"Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?\\\" A mote is a speck; a beam is a plank.\"},\n    {q:\"How does Jesus finish: \\\"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find...\\\"?\", opts:[\"\\\"...knock, and it shall be opened unto you\\\"\", \"\\\"...believe, and ye shall receive\\\"\", \"\\\"...wait, and ye shall be answered\\\"\", \"\\\"...pray, and it shall be done\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 7:7\", fact:\"\\\"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"In the parable that closes the Sermon on the Mount, the wise man built his house on what?\", opts:[\"A rock\", \"A hill\", \"A foundation of stone he quarried himself\", \"Level ground\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 7:24\", fact:\"\\\"I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.\\\" Both houses face the same storm; only the foundation differs.\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"Ye shall know them by their...\\\" what?\", opts:[\"Fruits\", \"Words\", \"Prayers\", \"Works of the law\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 7:16\", fact:\"\\\"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say about foxes and birds?\", opts:[\"\\\"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head\\\"\", \"\\\"Not one sparrow shall fall on the ground without your Father\\\"\", \"\\\"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not\\\"\", \"\\\"Be ye wise as serpents, and harmless as doves\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 8:20\", fact:\"Said to a scribe who volunteered to follow him anywhere. Jesus answered by naming the cost first.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say to the disciples in the boat before he calmed the storm?\", opts:[\"\\\"Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?\\\"\", \"\\\"Peace, be still\\\"\", \"\\\"Where is your faith?\\\"\", \"\\\"Be not afraid, only believe\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 8:26\", fact:\"\\\"He saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say about the centurion at Capernaum?\", opts:[\"\\\"I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel\\\"\", \"\\\"Thy faith hath made thee whole\\\"\", \"\\\"Great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt\\\"\", \"\\\"Blessed art thou, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 8:10\", fact:\"The centurion was a Roman officer. Matthew, writing to a Jewish readership, records Jesus praising his faith above anyone's in Israel.\"},\n    {q:\"What was Matthew doing when Jesus called him?\", opts:[\"Sitting at the receipt of custom\", \"Mending nets by the sea\", \"Keeping sheep outside the city\", \"Reading in the synagogue\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 9:9\", fact:\"\\\"He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.\\\" A tax collector \u2014 the author naming himself in the third person.\"},\n    {q:\"How did Jesus answer the Pharisees who asked why he ate with publicans and sinners?\", opts:[\"\\\"They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick\\\"\", \"\\\"Let him that is without sin cast the first stone\\\"\", \"\\\"The sabbath was made for man\\\"\", \"\\\"Ye shall know them by their fruits\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 9:12\", fact:\"\\\"But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"How long had the woman who touched the hem of Jesus' garment been ill?\", opts:[\"Twelve years\", \"Eighteen years\", \"Thirty-eight years\", \"Seven years\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 9:20\", fact:\"\\\"A woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves\\\" \u2014 what comes next?\", opts:[\"\\\"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves\\\"\", \"\\\"Fear not them which kill the body\\\"\", \"\\\"Freely ye have received, freely give\\\"\", \"\\\"He that endureth to the end shall be saved\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 10:16\", fact:\"\\\"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.\\\" Both halves are required; neither works alone.\"},\n    {q:\"What does Matthew 10 say about the hairs of your head?\", opts:[\"They are all numbered\", \"They shall not be touched\", \"They are known to the angels\", \"They shall turn white with wisdom\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 10:30\", fact:\"\\\"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.\\\" It follows the line about two sparrows sold for a farthing, and not one falling without God knowing.\"},\n    {q:\"Complete the invitation: \\\"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...and I will give you rest\\\"\", \"\\\"...and I will lighten your load\\\"\", \"\\\"...and ye shall find peace\\\"\", \"\\\"...and I will carry your burden\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 11:28\", fact:\"Two verses later: \\\"my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\\\" A yoke was a working harness \u2014 the offer is a lighter way to carry, not no carrying at all.\"},\n    {q:\"What sign did Jesus give the scribes and Pharisees who asked for one?\", opts:[\"The sign of the prophet Jonas\", \"The sign of the Son of man in heaven\", \"The sign of Elias\", \"No sign at all\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 12:39\", fact:\"\\\"As Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth\\\" (Matthew 12:40).\"},\n    {q:\"In Matthew 13, Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a grain of what?\", opts:[\"Mustard seed\", \"Wheat\", \"Barley\", \"Corn\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 13:31\", fact:\"\\\"The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed... which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What did the merchant man do when he found the pearl of great price?\", opts:[\"Sold all that he had and bought it\", \"Hid it in a field\", \"Gave it to the poor\", \"Kept it secret and told no man\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 13:46\", fact:\"\\\"Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.\\\" Matthew 13 stacks seven kingdom parables in a row.\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"A prophet is not without honour, save...\\\" where?\", opts:[\"\\\"...in his own country, and in his own house\\\"\", \"\\\"...among the scribes and Pharisees\\\"\", \"\\\"...in the city of Jerusalem\\\"\", \"\\\"...among them of little faith\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 13:57\", fact:\"Said at Nazareth. The next verse adds: \\\"he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"How was John the Baptist's head brought to Herodias' daughter?\", opts:[\"In a charger\", \"In a basket of reeds\", \"Wrapped in linen\", \"On the point of a sword\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 14:8\", fact:\"\\\"Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger\\\" \u2014 a charger is a large flat serving dish.\"},\n    {q:\"Feeding the five thousand: what was there to start with, and what was left over?\", opts:[\"Five loaves and two fishes; twelve baskets left\", \"Seven loaves and a few fishes; seven baskets left\", \"Two loaves and five fishes; ten baskets left\", \"Twelve loaves and two fishes; five baskets left\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 14:17\", fact:\"Matthew 14:20-21: \\\"they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.\\\" Matthew records a second, separate feeding of four thousand from seven loaves in chapter 15.\"},\n    {q:\"Which disciple walked on the water toward Jesus?\", opts:[\"Peter\", \"John\", \"Andrew\", \"James\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 14:29\", fact:\"\\\"And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.\\\" Only Matthew records this.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say as he caught the sinking Peter?\", opts:[\"\\\"O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?\\\"\", \"\\\"Peace, be still\\\"\", \"\\\"Be not afraid; it is I\\\"\", \"\\\"Thy faith hath saved thee\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 14:31\", fact:\"\\\"Immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him.\\\" The rescue comes before the question.\"},\n    {q:\"How did Peter answer \\\"Whom say ye that I am?\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou art the Holy One of God\\\"\", \"\\\"My Lord and my God\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou art the King of Israel\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 16:16\", fact:\"Asked at Caesarea Philippi. Jesus answers, \\\"Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church\\\" (Matthew 16:18).\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...and lose his own soul?\\\"\", \"\\\"...and forfeit his inheritance?\\\"\", \"\\\"...and gain no rest?\\\"\", \"\\\"...and lose his brother?\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 16:26\", fact:\"\\\"Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?\\\" The line arrives right after Jesus tells them following him will cost something.\"},\n    {q:\"Who appeared with Jesus at the transfiguration?\", opts:[\"Moses and Elias\", \"Abraham and Moses\", \"Elias and John the Baptist\", \"David and Elias\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 17:3\", fact:\"\\\"And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.\\\" Matthew 17:2 says \\\"his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"Where did Peter find the piece of money to pay the tribute?\", opts:[\"In the mouth of the first fish he caught\", \"Under a stone by the shore\", \"In the bag Judas carried\", \"Given by a man at the gate\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 17:27\", fact:\"\\\"Go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up... thou shalt find a piece of money.\\\" Only Matthew records it.\"},\n    {q:\"How many times did Jesus say to forgive?\", opts:[\"Until seventy times seven\", \"Seven times\", \"Seventy times\", \"As often as you are asked, and no more\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 18:22\", fact:\"Peter offered seven, which was already generous. \\\"Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"For where two or three are gathered together in my name...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...there am I in the midst of them\\\"\", \"\\\"...there shall my Father hear them\\\"\", \"\\\"...there is my house\\\"\", \"\\\"...it shall be done for them\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 18:20\", fact:\"It sits inside a passage about repairing a broken relationship \u2014 the context is reconciliation, not crowd size.\"},\n    {q:\"In the parable of the unmerciful servant, how much did the servant owe his lord?\", opts:[\"Ten thousand talents\", \"A hundred pence\", \"Fifty pieces of silver\", \"Three years' wages\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 18:24\", fact:\"He owed ten thousand talents and was forgiven it; he then jailed a fellowservant over a hundred pence. The gap between the two sums is the whole point.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say when the disciples rebuked those bringing children to him?\", opts:[\"\\\"Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me\\\"\", \"\\\"Let them be taught first\\\"\", \"\\\"Bring them when they are of age\\\"\", \"\\\"Whoso shall offend one of these little ones\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 19:14\", fact:\"\\\"...for of such is the kingdom of heaven.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What is easier than a rich man entering the kingdom of God?\", opts:[\"A camel going through the eye of a needle\", \"A ship passing through a narrow strait\", \"A mountain being moved into the sea\", \"A man passing through the strait gate\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 19:24\", fact:\"The disciples were astonished and asked, \\\"Who then can be saved?\\\" Jesus answered, \\\"With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible\\\" (Matthew 19:26).\"},\n    {q:\"In the parable of the labourers in the vineyard, what was every worker paid?\", opts:[\"A penny\", \"A talent\", \"A day's bread\", \"In proportion to the hours worked\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 20:9\", fact:\"Those hired at the eleventh hour received a penny, and so did those hired at dawn. \\\"So the last shall be first, and the first last\\\" (Matthew 20:16).\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus say when he overthrew the tables in the temple?\", opts:[\"\\\"My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves\\\"\", \"\\\"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up\\\"\", \"\\\"Not one stone shall be left upon another\\\"\", \"\\\"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 21:13\", fact:\"He is quoting Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11 back at the temple authorities.\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...and unto God the things that are God's\\\"\", \"\\\"...and unto the temple the things of the temple\\\"\", \"\\\"...and be subject to the powers that be\\\"\", \"\\\"...for the earth is the Lord's\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 22:21\", fact:\"He asked to see the tribute money first, and asked whose image was on it. The answer turns on who something bears the likeness of.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus name as the second commandment, like unto the first?\", opts:[\"\\\"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou shalt not bear false witness\\\"\", \"\\\"Honour thy father and thy mother\\\"\", \"\\\"Thou shalt do unto others as ye would they should do unto you\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 22:39\", fact:\"\\\"On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets\\\" (Matthew 22:40). The first is to love God with all your heart, soul and mind.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus accuse the Pharisees of straining at, and swallowing?\", opts:[\"Straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel\", \"Straining at a fly, and swallowing a serpent\", \"Straining at the law, and swallowing pride\", \"Straining at a mote, and swallowing a beam\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 23:24\", fact:\"\\\"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.\\\" Matthew 23 is the sharpest chapter in the Gospel, and it is aimed at religious professionals, not sinners.\"},\n    {q:\"What image does Jesus use lamenting over Jerusalem?\", opts:[\"A hen gathering her chickens under her wings\", \"A shepherd seeking one lost sheep\", \"A father watching the road for a son\", \"A vine-dresser sparing a barren tree\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 23:37\", fact:\"\\\"How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"\\\"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...my words shall not pass away\\\"\", \"\\\"...the law shall not pass away\\\"\", \"\\\"...my kingdom shall not be moved\\\"\", \"\\\"...the elect shall be gathered\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 24:35\", fact:\"The very next verse says of that day and hour \\\"knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"In the parable of the ten virgins, what separated the wise from the foolish?\", opts:[\"The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps\", \"The wise arrived earlier\", \"The wise had been invited by name\", \"The wise stayed awake all night\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 25:4\", fact:\"\\\"But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.\\\" All ten slept. Preparation, not wakefulness, was the difference.\"},\n    {q:\"In the parable of the talents, how many talents did the three servants receive?\", opts:[\"Five, two, and one\", \"Ten, five, and one\", \"Three, two, and one\", \"One each\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 25:15\", fact:\"\\\"Unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability.\\\" The man with two got the same commendation as the man with five.\"},\n    {q:\"Complete it: \\\"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren...\\\"\", opts:[\"\\\"...ye have done it unto me\\\"\", \"\\\"...great is your reward in heaven\\\"\", \"\\\"...ye are my disciples indeed\\\"\", \"\\\"...so shall it be done unto you\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 25:40\", fact:\"The list is deliberately ordinary \u2014 food, drink, a welcome, clothes, a visit to the sick and the imprisoned.\"},\n    {q:\"How much was Judas paid to betray Jesus?\", opts:[\"Thirty pieces of silver\", \"Forty pieces of silver\", \"Three hundred pence\", \"A talent of gold\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 26:15\", fact:\"\\\"And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.\\\" Matthew 27:9-10 ties the amount back to prophecy and to the potter's field.\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus pray in Gethsemane?\", opts:[\"\\\"O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt\\\"\", \"\\\"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do\\\"\", \"\\\"Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit\\\"\", \"\\\"Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 26:39\", fact:\"He asks honestly, then submits. A few verses later: \\\"the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak\\\" (Matthew 26:41).\"},\n    {q:\"How many legions of angels did Jesus say he could call on?\", opts:[\"More than twelve\", \"Seven\", \"Ten thousand\", \"A thousand\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 26:53\", fact:\"\\\"Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?\\\" Said as he tells Peter to put the sword away.\"},\n    {q:\"What did the chief priests buy with the silver Judas threw down?\", opts:[\"The potter's field, to bury strangers in\", \"A tomb outside the city\", \"Sacrifices for the Passover\", \"Land for the temple treasury\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 27:7\", fact:\"\\\"They took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.\\\" It was called the field of blood.\"},\n    {q:\"Who was compelled to bear Jesus' cross?\", opts:[\"Simon a Cyrenian\", \"Joseph of Arimathaea\", \"Nicodemus\", \"Simon Peter\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 27:32\", fact:\"\\\"As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What did Jesus cry from the cross in Matthew's account?\", opts:[\"\\\"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?\\\"\", \"\\\"It is finished\\\"\", \"\\\"Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit\\\"\", \"\\\"Father, forgive them\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 27:46\", fact:\"\\\"That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?\\\" It is the opening line of Psalm 22.\"},\n    {q:\"What happened to the veil of the temple when Jesus died?\", opts:[\"It was rent in twain from the top to the bottom\", \"It was taken down by the priests\", \"It caught fire\", \"It was drawn closed and sealed\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 27:51\", fact:\"\\\"And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.\\\" From the top down \u2014 not opened from the human side.\"},\n    {q:\"Who did Pilate release to the crowd instead of Jesus?\", opts:[\"Barabbas\", \"Simon the Zealot\", \"Judas of Galilee\", \"Malchus\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 27:26\", fact:\"Matthew 27:24 adds that Pilate \\\"took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person.\\\"\"},\n    {q:\"What did the angel at the tomb do with the stone?\", opts:[\"Rolled it back and sat upon it\", \"Turned it to dust\", \"Lifted it and set it aside quietly\", \"Commanded the guards to move it\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 28:2\", fact:\"\\\"The angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.\\\" Only Matthew records the sitting.\"},\n    {q:\"How does Matthew's Gospel end?\", opts:[\"\\\"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world\\\"\", \"\\\"And they went forth, and preached every where\\\"\", \"\\\"Amen, come, Lord Jesus\\\"\", \"\\\"And he was received up into heaven\\\"\"], correct:0, ref:\"Matthew 28:20\", fact:\"The Great Commission closes the book \u2014 \\\"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations\\\" \u2014 and the very last words are a promise of company, not a command.\"}\n  ];\n  var VERSES = [\n    {text:\"A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.\", ref:\"Matthew 12:20\", angle:\"Matthew borrows this line from Isaiah to describe how Jesus actually works. A bruised reed is a stalk already bent \u2014 the obvious thing is to snap it off and be done. Smoking flax is a wick that has stopped giving light and is only making smoke. Jesus goes out of his way to break neither one. Whatever you just scored, that is the temperament this whole book is describing.\"},\n    {text:\"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.\", ref:\"Matthew 9:36\", angle:\"Matthew keeps noticing what Jesus notices. Not the size of the crowd, not their politics, not whether any of them had earned anything. Their exhaustion. The word translated \u201cfainted\u201d means worn out and knocked about. 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It starts with a genealogy rather than a birth scene, tracing Jesus back through David to Abraham, and it repeatedly stops to point out that something just happened &#8220;that it might be fulfilled&#8221; \u2014 quoting the older prophets more often than any other Gospel does. Structurally it alternates between narrative and five long blocks of teaching, beginning with the Sermon on the Mount in chapters five through seven. The book runs from the genealogy to the crucifixion and resurrection, and closes with the instruction usually called the Great Commission. If you have only ever read one Gospel, Matthew is the one most people have read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the most-asked questions about the Gospel of Matthew?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They cluster in a handful of places. People want to know how many wise men there were, and Matthew never says \u2014 it names three gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh, and no number of men at all. They ask which disciple walked on the water, which is Peter, and only Matthew records it. They ask what the Beatitudes are and how the first one reads: &#8220;Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.&#8221; They ask how many times Jesus said to forgive, which is seventy times seven, not seven. They ask what Jesus cried from the cross in this account, which is &#8220;Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani&#8221; \u2014 the opening line of Psalm 22. And they ask how the book ends, which is not with an ascension but with a promise: &#8220;lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.&#8221; The quiz above draws on every one of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is found only in Matthew, and not in the other Gospels?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite a lot, and it is the reason a Matthew-specific quiz is different from a general New Testament one. The wise men and the star, the flight into Egypt and Herod&#8217;s killing of the children in Bethlehem appear here and nowhere else. So does Peter stepping out of the boat onto the water, the coin found in the mouth of a fish to pay the temple tribute, and the line &#8220;Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.&#8221; Several of the best-known parables are unique to this book too \u2014 the ten virgins and their lamps, the labourers in the vineyard who all get paid the same penny, the unmerciful servant forgiven ten thousand talents, and the separation of the sheep from the goats. Matthew alone reports the dream of Pilate&#8217;s wife and the guard posted at the tomb. The Great Commission that closes the book is also Matthew&#8217;s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is this quiz useful for a Bible Quiz team or a Sunday school class?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That is exactly who it was built for. It runs in study mode rather than casual mode, so every answer shows the exact chapter and verse it came from \u2014 a wrong answer sends you back to the text instead of just moving on. Matthew is one of the books assigned most often in Bible Quizzing programmes, which is part of why it got its own round here rather than being folded into a general New Testament quiz. The bank holds seventy-three questions and each round serves fifteen at random, so a team can run it several times in one session without drilling the same fifteen items. It covers all twenty-eight chapters, from the genealogy through the Sermon on the Mount, the kingdom parables, the passion narrative and the resurrection. It works on a phone, with no account, no download and nothing to sign up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How well do most people actually know Matthew?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Better than they expect on the famous scenes, and worse than they expect on the detail around them. 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