Chapter 11

11:1-6, 7-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-30; 12:1-8, 9-14, 15-21, 22-32, 33-37, 38-42, 43-45, 46-50 Discuss with some young people what Jesus taught here. Help them to develop dramatic stories about it. Help them to act the stories for their friends and neighbours.

Help some young people to make pictures that show these events.

11:1 What activities does Matthew report here? Where did those things happen?

11:2 Where was John at this time? What did he do? What do you think about all this?

11:3 What was the statement? What were the questions? What do you think about all that?

11:4 What should John’s disciples do? What should they report to John?

11:5 What different groups of people did Jesus describe? What happened for people in each group? What do you think about that?

11:6 How can you be sure that you will be happy? What will you do because you know that?

11:7 What happened? What kind of questions did Jesus ask? Who answered the questions?

11:8 Describe these questions. Who answered them? What did John not do?

11:9 Describe these questions. Who answered them? What do you learn about John?

11:10 Make a list of the facts. What do you think about those facts?

11:11 What do you learn about John? Who is more important? How important do you believe that John is?

11:12 When has this happened? What has happened?

11:13 Where could you find God’s message before? About what did his servants tell?

11:14 Who would come? What else was true?

11:15 What do you need to do? Why do you need to do that?

11:16 About whom is Jesus talking? Who are they like? What do they do?

11:17 What had happened? What might ‘the children’ have thought about that?

11:18 Who came? What did he do that was different? What did people say about him?

11:19 What did the Son of Man do? What was the result of that? Why did the people complain about that? What might you say about those actions?

11:20 What did Jesus begin to do? What was the reason for his disappointment?

11:21 For whom will it be terrible? What would have made the people change? What changes would they have made? What do you think about all that?

11:22 Jesus says that something will happen. What is that? What do you think about that?

11:23 To whom was Jesus speaking? What did they believe would happen? How does Jesus explain their danger? What do you think about all that?

11:24 What do you learn? What do you think about that?

11:25 With whom did Jesus have this conversation? What do you learn from this conversation? What do learn about people? What do you think about all that?

11:26 Who is speaking to whom?

11:27 What do you learn about the Father?

11:28 What should people do? Who should do it? What will Jesus do for those that do it?

11:29 What should you do? What will be the result of that? What will you discover? What do you think about all that?

11:30 Express this in your own words. Why might you be happy to take Jesus’ load?