Instructions:
Print this page. Read the Bible text. Fill in the blanks with words from the top of the page. Notice that each blank is for a gerund. (Gerunds are the participle form of verbs, which are used as nouns.)
eating thinking establishing fermenting accepting drinking coming believing stretching giving up fasting teaching Repairing teaching searching praying destroying patching changing spreading Fasting crushing making drinking teaching
"'John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on _______________ and ____________________.' '...No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old... and no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says the old is better.'" (Luke 5: 33-39)
I. Among religious people, ____________________ used to accompany
____________________.
A. _________________________ was a kind of discipline.
B. Their _________________________ was that this would prove
their sincerity to God.
C. The disciples of John, and the disciples of the Pharisees,
prayed for the _________________________ of the Messiah.
D. Jesus was criticized for not _________________________ his
disciples to fast.II. The Jews believed in the _________________________ of the Messiah.
A. His ____________________ of evil by _________________________
the head the serpent would fulfill a prophecy to Adam and Eve.
B. His ____________________________ God's Kingdom on earth would
fulfill a prophecy to King David.
C. ____________________ that Jesus was the Messiah was too hard
for the Jews.III. _________________________ some things is impossible.
A. We use pieces of old clothes for _________________________
other old clothes.
B. The ___________________ of new wine made wineskins stretch.
C. Too much ___________________ made them lose their elasticity.
E. Jesus used these examples for _________________________ about
_________________________.
F. Some people were so uncomfortable with Jesus' doctrine that
they tried to stop His _________________________.Now, write an answer for each question below. Try to use complete sentences. Click the answer link to see the correct answer. Use the BACK button on the browser to return to the questions. 1. What did religious people used to do while they prayed?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did people used to fast when they prayed?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. For what did the disciples of the Pharisees and those of John pray?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was the criticism of Jesus in this lesson?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Could the Jews believe that Jesus was the Messiah?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Can all things be repaired?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What do we use to patch old clothing?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. For what is new cloth used?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What did new wine do to old wineskins?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. How did the Jews react when Jesus made them uncomfortable?
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