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The Miraculous Catch of Fish quiz
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What were the fishermen doing when Jesus walked up?
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Reading it aloud instead? Here are all 8 questions with the answers and the verses behind them, from Object Lesson About Trusting God: Let Down the Net.
1. What were the fishermen doing when Jesus walked up?
- A. Eating breakfast
- B. Washing their nets
- C. Sleeping in the boat
- D. Selling fish
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Answer: B. Washing their nets. Jesus saw two boats by the lake, "but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets" (Luke 5:2). Their work night was over.
2. How long had Peter been fishing, and what did he catch?
- A. All night, and nothing
- B. One hour, and one fish
- C. All day, and two fish
- D. All week, and a whale
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Answer: A. All night, and nothing. "Master, we worked all night and caught nothing" (Luke 5:5).
3. What did Peter say when Jesus told him to let down the nets?
- A. No, the fish are gone
- B. Let me ask my brother
- C. At your word I will let down the net
- D. Tomorrow
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Answer: C. At your word I will let down the net. "...but at your word I will let down the net" (Luke 5:5). He was tired and unsure, and he did it anyway.
4. How many boats did the fish fill?
- A. One
- B. Two
- C. Five
- D. Twelve
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Answer: B. Two. Their partners came to help, "and filled both boats, so that they began to sink" (Luke 5:7).
5. What did Jesus say Peter would catch from now on?
- A. Bigger fish
- B. Birds
- C. People
- D. Nothing
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Answer: C. People. "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive" (Luke 5:10).
6. What did Peter, James and John do when they got back to land?
- A. Sold all the fish
- B. Went to sleep
- C. Left everything and followed Jesus
- D. Mended their nets
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Answer: C. Left everything and followed Jesus. "When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him" (Luke 5:11).
7. Proverbs 3:5 says, "Trust in the LORD with all your ___."
- A. Money
- B. Heart
- C. Friends
- D. Strength
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Answer: B. Heart. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart" (Proverbs 3:5, WEB British Edition). All of it, not just the easy parts.
8. What does Proverbs 3:5 tell us not to lean on?
- A. A wobbly chair
- B. Our own understanding
- C. Other people
- D. The wall
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Answer: B. Our own understanding. "...and don't lean on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5). We still think, but we put our weight on what God says.