Penasquitos Stake Institute

Study Guide

 

1. Read Luke 17:20-37. What did the Pharisees ask Jesus in Luke 17:20? What topic did the Savior address directly before the parable of the unjust judge?

 

 

2. Read Luke 18:1-5. What was the stated purpose of this parable (see Luke 18:1)?

 

 

3. What do we know about the judge in this parable? For what reason did the widow come to him? Why did the judge finally avenge the widow of her adversary?

 

 

4. Read Luke 18:6-8 (with footnotes 7b and 8a). Is God a just or an unjust judge? How are the principles of persistence and patience illustrated in this parable? 

 

 

5. Read Revelation 6:9-11, in which John describes his vision of events during the millennium beginning with the birth of the Savior. In the Revelator's account, where are the souls of the martyred? What is the Lord's answer to their petition to be avenged?

 

 

6. Read 2 Nephi 32:9. What do you think it means to "pray always and not faint"?

 

 

7. Remembering the discussion the Savior had with the Pharisees directly prior to giving this parable (Luke 17:20-37), why do you think Christ ends the parable of the unjust judge by questioning man's exercise of faith?

 

 

BONUS: Read D&C 101:76-92. In this passage, the Lord advises members of the early Church to continue to importune government officials for redress. Why do you think the Savior used the parable of the unjust judge in this context?