The Miracles and Parables of Jesus Quiz: Level 5

Jesus performed His first miracle at a wedding in Cana of Galilee. When the wine ran out, His mother Mary asked for help. Jesus commanded servants to fill six stone jars with water, which miraculously turned into high-quality wine, revealing His divine glory to His disciples.

Jesus told the Parable of the Good Samaritan to define who our “neighbor” is. While a priest and a Levite ignored the wounded man, a Samaritan stopped, showed deep compassion, bandaged his wounds, and paid for his stay, teaching us unconditional love.

When faced with a massive hungry crowd, a young boy offered his humble lunch of five barley loaves and two small fish. Jesus took them, looked up to heaven, blessed the food, and broke it. It miraculously fed 5,000 men (plus women and children), with 12 baskets left over.

In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, a young man wasted his entire inheritance in a distant country. When a severe famine struck, he became so desperate that he took a low-status job feeding pigs, wishing he could eat their food, which led to his repentance.

During a stormy night on the Sea of Galilee, Jesus walked on the water toward the disciples’ boat. Peter asked to join Him and successfully walked on water. However, when he saw the fierce wind, he grew afraid, lost focus, and began to sink until Jesus caught him.

Jesus explicitly explained that the seed in the parable represents the Word of God. The different types of soil represent the various conditions of the human heart and how people receive, process, and act upon hearing the divine truth.

When Jesus arrived in Bethany, His friend Lazarus had already been inside the tomb for four days. Despite the family’s grief and worry about the odor, Jesus commanded the stone to be rolled away, shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” and brought him back to life.

Jesus used this parable to illustrate God’s intense love for every individual. The shepherd left his ninety-nine safe sheep on the hills to search diligently for the one single sheep that wandered off, rejoicing immensely when he finally found it.

When a violent storm threatened to capsize their boat, the terrified disciples woke Jesus up. He stood up, rebuked the wind, and spoke directly to the waves, saying, “Peace, be still!” Instantly, the wind died down and the sea became perfectly calm.

In the Parable of the Hidden Treasure, Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a treasure hidden inside a field. When a man discovered it, he hid it again, and in his immense joy, went and sold absolutely everything he owned to legally buy that field.