--- title: Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 90 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/) / 90 # Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back **Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 11 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 90 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1} Your mate says, "Sorry's just a word, so it doesn't matter how you say it." What is the best answer? - **1.** He's right; any sorry is as good as any other, however you say it — score 6 - **2.** Saying sorry makes you look weak — score 6 - **3.** A real sorry shows you understand the hurt and want to fix it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Sorry only counts if a teacher hears it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 90, line 3: «A real apology names what you did, says sorry, shows you understand the hurt, offers to fix it and promises to change; "soz" in a text or a sorry muttered at y…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hurt» (+5); the same action «understand» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} "Soz babe," texts your cousin after forgetting your birthday. "k," you reply. What would a real apology add? - **1.** Naming what happened, understanding the hurt, and offering to make it up — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Nothing; the text is perfect — no support - **3.** A longer word than "soz" — **← Mova's choice** · score 14 - **4.** More emojis and a gif — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 14, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 89, line 20: «Slang check: "eh" is a Canadian word added to the end of a sentence; "salty" means annoyed; "wisnae" (Scotland) means wasn't; Tim Tams are Australian chocolate…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «add» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 1, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took." What is wrong? - **1.** He paid back twice what he took and kept the rest for himself — **← Mova's choice** · score 14 - **2.** He paid back four times and gave half his things to the poor — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** He paid back nothing at all — score 5 - **4.** He only gave money to Jesus — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 18: «Zacchaeus told Jesus, "If I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount": making amends in deeds earns trust back.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «anybody» (+4); the same doer «zacchaeus» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Gran in Belfast: "Wee Ciaran says sorry every day, the wee rascal, and does it again." What would help Ciaran? - **1.** Making a plan to change, maybe with a grown-up's help — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Saying sorry even more times every day until it finally works — no support - **3.** Blaming his sister instead — no support - **4.** Never saying sorry, so it isn't a lie — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 5: «For a child today the church year is a calendar that teaches: waiting, giving, saying sorry, thanking God at harvest and learning from saints all come round ag…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t5} A cartoon shows a bully who says "sorry" and everyone instantly hugs him, though he does it again. What is missing? - **1.** A real change; sorry means trying not to do it again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A present for everyone he hurt — no support - **3.** A louder sorry so everyone hears — no support - **4.** Nothing; the hug fixes everything and he'll change all by himself — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t6} Ollie asks, "Do you have to tell the priest everything at confession?" What is the most accurate answer? - **1.** Confession is only for grown-ups who go to prison — no support - **2.** You only confess the small things, never the big ones — no support - **3.** Confession is telling God the truth to be forgiven, and the priest keeps it secret for ever — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** The priest tells your parents everything you say — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 88, line 18: «To get out of a promise honestly, ask early and tell the truth; "Do not lie to each other".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «truth» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t7} "Shut up about the sign, I said sorry, didn't I?" snaps Nikau. Why isn't that enough? - **1.** It is enough; nothing else is needed — no support - **2.** Because the teacher wanted a bigger word — no support - **3.** Because he said it too quietly, and a sorry has to be heard — no support - **4.** The sign is still broken; making amends finishes the sorry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 4: «Full owning up has no "but", and it opens the door to making amends: saying sorry, helping fix it, or paying for the damage.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «amends» (+2); the same action «make» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgiving." What does the vicar teach? - **1.** You only forgive if they give you a present — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Forgiveness must be instant or it doesn't count, so Isaac should hurry up — no support - **3.** Forgiveness can be a journey; being honest about hurt is not unforgiving — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** You never need to forgive anyone — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9} What would happen if apologies never came with any change? - **1.** Sorry would become an empty word and nobody would trust it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Nothing; sorry works on its own anyway — no support - **3.** Everyone would be happier and kinder, because nobody would feel guilty — no support - **4.** People would stop doing wrong things — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t10} Noah asks, "Did Joseph's brothers feel bad for twenty years?" What does the Bible suggest? - **1.** Their hidden guilt stayed with them, and forgiveness finally brought peace — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** They never felt bad at all — score -5 - **3.** They forgot about it the very next day — no support - **4.** Joseph never found out what they did — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 13: «The elder brother, who had stayed at home, was angry that the father celebrated; the father told him «everything I have is yours» and that they had to celebrat…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Ethan's friend says, "Your mum said sorry to you? That's weird, grown-ups don't do that." What is accurate? - **1.** Grown-ups are never supposed to say sorry, because it makes children lose respect — no support - **2.** Christians believe everyone needs forgiveness, the parent no less than the child — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It's weird, because grown-ups never make mistakes — no support - **4.** Only teachers say sorry to children — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 90, line 14: «Grown-ups should say sorry to children too: "all have sinned".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «children» (+4); the same action «say» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following most accurately characterises the restitution made by Zacchaeus as recorded in Luke 19:1-10? - **1.** The refusal to restore anything, his sins having been forgiven — no support - **2.** The restoration of fourfold the amount to any person defrauded, together with the gift of half his possessions to the poor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** The restoration of the precise amount defrauded and no more — no support - **4.** The payment of a fine to the Roman authorities — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 90, line 6: «Zacchaeus gave half his possessions to the poor and paid back four times anyone he had cheated; the law asked only for the amount plus a fifth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «possessions» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal deficiency of an apology compelled by a teacher and uttered without sincerity. - **1.** It is too lengthy to be understood by the injured party — no support - **2.** It is addressed to an inappropriate person — no support - **3.** It contains excessive detail concerning the offence — no support - **4.** It lacks the inward sorrow and the intention to make amends which a genuine apology requires — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 5: «The quickest road back is a full, honest apology with no "but", making amends in deeds, and being faithful in small things, day after day.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «amends» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the statement consistent with the meaning of the term "metanoia". - **1.** Repentance entails the repetition of an apology on each occasion — no support - **2.** Repentance entails the payment of a sum to the church — no support - **3.** Repentance entails a change of mind and of direction — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Repentance entails no alteration of conduct whatsoever — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 90, line 13: «The New Testament word for repentance, metanoia, means a change of mind and direction; a sorry repeated every day without change is not real.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+4); the same doer «mind» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain which response is most consistent with this lesson when an apology has been received but the injury is still keenly felt. - **1.** The pretence that no injury was ever sustained — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The infliction of an equivalent injury upon the offender — no support - **3.** The candid acknowledgement that further time is required, forgiveness being a process — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The permanent refusal of any forgiveness — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/e4/) - ← previous: [89. Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book/) - next →: [91. Owning up when it is hard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)