1. In the previous passage Jesus warned the crowd about being spiritually alert. How does what he says here connect to that?

2. In what way are the two events Jesus refers to similar and in what way are they different?

3. How is the parable of the fig tree not bearing fruit relate to his call to repentance?

1. What is the spiritual discernment that Jesus was rebuking the crowd of not having?

2. What do you think is the reason that they were so good at predicting weather and so bad at understanding the signs of the time?

3. Who is the Judge in the parable and what needs to be reconciled before going to court? How does this relate to the spiritual discernment that the crowd should have had?

1. What does fire often represent in the bible?

2. Why does Jesus say He wishes that the fire was already kindled?

3. What needs to take place for this fire to be kindled?

4. Jesus is referred to as the Prince of Peace in Isaiah. Why does Jesus say that He didn't come to bring peace?

5. Is the division Jesus refers to here descriptive or prescriptive?

1. What is the source of anxiousness, or worry, according to this passage?

2. How are we to combat anxiousness?

3. What does anxiousness say about our faith? v.28

4. What is the reason why we ought not to be anxious? What does anxiousness cause God's people to do or not do?

1. How does this passage connect to the previous passage? Is this the same crowd that is mentioned in the previous passage?

2. What does the man's question reveal about the man himself?

3. How did Jesus respond to him? Is it ever wrong to save for retirement or to save money for the future? What is the guiding principle Jesus is giving about how we ought to handle finances?

1. Who are the three groups that Jesus said would do the persecution? What is the significance in the distinction between these groups?

2. What did Jesus say not to worry about?

3. Who will be the one that will equip them in what they ought to say and when will that happen?