Penasquitos Stake Institute

Study Guide

1. Read the chapter heading for Luke 19. What occurred directly prior to the parable of the pounds? Read Luke 19:11. Why did Jesus give the parable of the pounds? 

 

 

 

2. Read Luke 19:12-14 (with footnotes 13a,b). Look up the word "nobleman" in a dictionary. What is a nobleman? Who might the nobleman represent? Why did he go to a far country?

 

 

3. What group is described in Luke 19:13? In Luke 19:14? What is the Greek translation for the word renedered "occupy" in verse 13 (see footnote 13b)? Who might each group represent?

 

 

4. Read Luke 19:15-19. What did the nobleman receive on his journey? How did he reward the first servant? The second servant?

 

 

5. Read Luke 19:20-21. Why didn't the third servant do as the nobleman had requested?

 

 

6. Read Luke 19:22-25. What do you think theh nobleman meant when he said "out of thine own mouth will I judge thee"? What happened to the third servant's pound?

 

 

7. Read Luke 19:26-27 (with footnote 26a). What principle was the Lord teaching in this parable? Skim again through Luke 19:12-27. How many times does the word "kingdom" appear? How many times is the word "reign" used?

 

Bonus Work: Look up "Money" in the Bible Dictionary. Read #7, regarding talents and pounds to understand better the nature of the stewardship left by the nobleman. Now compare the parable of the pounds with the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30). How are these parables the same? How are they different?

 

 

NOTE: The "enemies" in Luke 19:27 are those citizens described in Luke 19:14 who tried to keep the nobleman from acquiring his kingdom.