Grade 8 Scripture Study | Student Workbook Unit 1

SCRIPTURE STUDY STUDENT PDF: Download the Scripture-only fillable workbook. Study the passage in context and write answers without mixing this course with Mathematics, Science, History or Language Arts. This is Unit 1, not the full-year Scripture curriculum.

Lesson 1: Yahusha’s teaching and literary context

Read the Passage in Context

Read in context: Matthew 5:17–20; Matthew 7:24–27

Study note: Read Yahusha’s words in the Sermon on the Mount, including their audiences and surrounding teaching. Matthew 7’s two builders conclude with a contrast between hearing and doing.

Understanding and Application: 10 Assignments

1. Identify the speaker in Matthew 5.
2. Identify what Matthew 5:17 says about Law and Prophets.
3. Summarize Matthew 5:18–20.
4. Describe the two builders in Matthew 7.
5. What distinction does the parable make?
6. Identify the passage’s conclusion within the Sermon.
7. Distinguish direct text from a later doctrinal reading.
8. Write a comparative paragraph with verse citations.
9. Explain one responsible application.
10. Advanced: analyze the literary relationship between Matthew 5:17–20 and 7:24–27.

Context Check

Identify who is speaking, to whom, the surrounding passage and what is stated explicitly. Separate Scripture from inferences and later traditions.

Advanced Scripture Extension

Compare another relevant passage in its own setting, noting genre, audience and the evidence for a careful application.

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Grade 8 | Five-Day Scripture Study Context Extension

Five original text-based lessons, discussion and an independent check. Read each passage with its surrounding context and keep covenant law, wisdom, prophecy and gospel narrative distinct.

Day 1: Yahusha and the Law and Prophets

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Read Matthew 5:17–20 in context within the Sermon on the Mount. Yahusha speaks about the Law and Prophets and says he did not come to destroy but to fulfill. Do not import assumptions about abolishing commands as if the verse stated them.

• 1. Who speaks?
• 2. Which books or categories are named?
• 3. What contrast appears in verse 17?
• 4. Why read verses 18–20 as well?

Cite the relevant book, chapter and verse. Distinguish direct statements from personal interpretations.

Day 2: Heaven, Earth and Commandments

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Read Matthew 5:18–19 slowly. The text speaks of heaven and earth passing and the significance of the commandments. Distinguish what the passage directly states from later interpretations of fulfillment.

• 1. Locate verse 18.
• 2. What imagery does it use?
• 3. What does verse 19 say about commandments and teaching?
• 4. What should a learner do with disputed interpretations?

Cite the relevant book, chapter and verse. Distinguish direct statements from personal interpretations.

Day 3: Righteousness and the Kingdom

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Read Matthew 5:20 as part of the larger unit. Yahusha speaks about righteousness exceeding that of the scribes and Pharisees. A student should not substitute a simplistic slogan for the whole passage.

• 1. Which verse discusses righteousness?
• 2. Whose righteousness is referenced?
• 3. What does the verse say about entering the kingdom?
• 4. Why avoid a one-line paraphrase without context?

Cite the relevant book, chapter and verse. Distinguish direct statements from personal interpretations.

Day 4: The Wise and Foolish Builders

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Read Matthew 7:24–27. One man builds on rock and the other on sand. The distinction is not merely hearing words but doing them. Compare the parable with the teaching near the beginning of the Sermon.

• 1. Who is compared to a wise builder?
• 2. Where is his house built?
• 3. What characterizes the foolish builder?
• 4. What shared theme appears with Matthew 5?

Cite the relevant book, chapter and verse. Distinguish direct statements from personal interpretations.

Day 5: Independent Sermon Comparison

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Read Matthew 5:17–20 and Matthew 7:24–27 directly. Write a paragraph with verses to explain how the Sermon links instruction, righteousness and action.

• 1. What did Yahusha say in Matthew 5:17?
• 2. What does Matthew 7 compare to a house on rock?
• 3. Name one direct similarity between passages.
• 4. Write a text-grounded application without adding a new command.

Cite the relevant book, chapter and verse. Distinguish direct statements from personal interpretations.

Spiral Scripture Review

Revisit two previous passages and compare their direct wording, audiences and genres. Advanced learners can explain the relationship between law, wisdom, prophecy and Yahusha’s instruction without adding traditions.