Questions on Weddings, Dowries and Divorces

[189 words] 1. Which Gospel records Jesus’ parable of a king’s wedding feast for his son? 2. Who sent the servant woman Hagar away at his wife’s urging? 3. What unscrupulous king divorced his first wife to marry his brother’s wife? 4. In Jesus’ parable, how many virgins were to accompany the bride and groom? 5. Who arranged Ishmael’s marriage? 6. Who was the first polygamist? 7. Who said that Moses allowed divorce because of people ‘s hardiness of heart? 8. What prophet spoke about Jews divorcing their wives to marry pagan women? 9. What was the Levirate Law? 10. Which gospel states that Jesus considered adultery to be grounds for divorce? ANSWERS 1. Matthew 22:1-14; 2. Abraham, Genesis 21:9-14; 3. Herod, Matthew 14:3-4; 4. ten, Matthew 25:1-13; 5. Hagar, his mother Genesis 21:21; 6. Lamech, Genesis 4:19; 7. Jesus, Matthew 19:8; 8. Malachi 2:10-16; 9. When a man dies…