At 12 years old Jesus goes to the Temple

This story is taken from Luke 2:41-52

Every year Jesus' parents, Mary and Joseph, went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.  When Jesus was twelve years old, they went to the feast as usual.  After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.  Mary and Joseph didn't miss Him at first, because they thought that He was with His friends or among some of the other people traveling with them.  But when Jesus didn't show up that evening, they started to look for Him among their relatives and friends.  When they couldn't find Jesus, Mary and Joseph went back to Jerusalem to search for Him.

It was three days later when they finally found Jesus.  He was in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.  Everyone who heard Jesus was surprised at His understanding and His answers.

Jesus' parents didn't know what to think about Jesus behavior.  His mother, Mary, said to Him, "Son!  Why have you done this to us?  Your father and I have been worried, we have been looking everywhere for you."

But, Jesus asked her, "Why did you need to search for me?  You should have known that I would be in my Father's house."  But Mary and Joseph didn't understand what Jesus was saying to them.

Then Jesus returned to Nazareth with his parents and He obeyed them.  Jesus' mother, Mary, treasured all of these things for she had them hidden in her heart, and she remembered them.

Jesus grew taller and He grew in wisdom.  Jesus was loved by God and by all the people who knew Him.

Fill in the blanks to answer the questions:

1. Every year Jesus' parents, Mary and Joseph, went to ____________________ for the Feast of the ________________.
2. In our lesson how old is Jesus?  _____________
3. After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in _________________________.
4. Where did Mary and Joseph think Jesus was at?
•  ________________________
• ________________________
5. When they couldn't find Jesus, Mary and Joseph went back to Jerusalem to search for him.  How many days later was it when they found Jesus?
• __________________
6. Where was Jesus at when they found Him?
• _________________________________
7. What was Jesus doing at the temple when they found Him?
• __________________________________
8. Mary said to Jesus, " Son!  Why have you done this to us?  Your father and I have been ______________, we have been _________________ everywhere for you."
9. Where did Jesus say she should have known He would be at? 
• __________________________________________ 
10. Jesus returned to _________________ with his parents and He ______________ them.

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Twelve             Temple Jerusalem         God

Nazareth          Fathers house

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Answer Sheet for at 12 years old Jesus goes to the Temple

Fill in the blanks to answer the questions:

1. Every year Jesus' parents, Mary and Joseph, went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
2. In our lesson how old is Jesus?  12
3. After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.
4. Where did Mary and Joseph think Jesus was at?
1.  Among their relatives
2. with friends
5. When they couldn't find Jesus, Mary and Joseph went back to Jerusalem to search for him.  How many days later was it when they found Jesus?
1. 3 days
6. Where was Jesus at when they found Him?
1. At the temple
7. What was Jesus doing at the temple when they found Him?
1. Listening and asking questions to the priest
8. Mary said to Jesus, " Son!  Why have you done this to us?  Your father and I have been worried, we have been looking everywhere for you."
9. Where did Jesus say she should have known He would be at? 
1. In His father’s house 
10. Jesus returned to Nazareth with his parents and He obeyed them.

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

This story is taken from John 4:1-30 and John 4:39-42

The story is made into a play in the hope that the play would help the story to be better understood.

Teacher:  Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that He was baptizing people and that he was making more disciples than John, though Jesus Himself didn’t baptize the people, His disciples did all the baptizing.  So Jesus and His disciples left Judea and started back to Galilee.  They had to go through the country of Samaria on their way back to Galilee.  Eventually they came to a Samaritan village.  Now this village was near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.  This was where Jacob’s well was at.  It was about noon and Jesus being tired from the long walk, decided to sit down beside the well.  Jesus was now alone, all by His self, for His disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.  Soon a Samaritan woman came to the well to draw some water.

Jesus:  Please, give me a drink of water.

Teacher:  The woman was surprised that Jesus had spoken to her, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with the Samaritan people.  So, she said to Jesus.

Samaritan Woman:  You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman.  Why are you asking me for a drink of water?

Jesus:  If you only knew the gift that God has for you, and who it is that you are talking to.  Then you would ask me about the gift, and I would give you living water.

Samaritan Woman:  Sir, you don’t have a rope, or a bucket, and this well is very deep.  Where would you get this living water from?  And besides, do you think that you are greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well?  How can you offer me better water than he, his sons, and his animals had to drink?

Jesus:  Anyone who drinks the water from this well, will soon become thirsty again.  But anyone who drinks the water that I give them, they will never be thirsty again.  For it will become like a fresh, bubbling spring within them.  For this living water will give them eternal life.

Samaritan Woman:  Please, sir, give me this living water.  Then I will never be thirsty again, and I wouldn’t have to come here to Jacob’s well to get water to drink.

Jesus:  Go and get your husband

Samaritan Woman:  But sir, I don’t have a husband.

 

Jesus:  You’re right!  You don’t have a husband!  For you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now.  You certainly have spoken the truth!

Samaritan Woman:  Sir, you must be a prophet.  So tell me, why is it that the Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place to worship God, while we Samaritans claim it is here where our ancestors worshiped Him?

Jesus:  Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter if you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.  You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while the Jews know all about Him, for salvation comes through the Jews.  But the time is coming!  Indeed it’s here already, when true worshipers of God will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.  The Father is looking for people who will worship Him this way.  For you see, God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.

Samaritan Woman:  I know the Messiah is coming.  He is the one who is called Christ.  When He comes, He will explain everything to us.

Jesus:  I am the Messiah!

Teacher:  Just then Jesus’ disciples came back from the nearby village where they had gone to buy food.  They were shocked to find Jesus talking with a woman.  But, none of the disciples had the nerve to ask Jesus, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”  The woman left her water jar beside the well and she ran back to the village.  She was telling everyone,

Samaritan Woman:  Come and see a man who has told me everything I ever did!  Could this man possibly be the Messiah?

Teacher:  So the people made their way from the village to see Jesus.  Many Samaritan people from the village believed in Jesus because of what the Samaritan woman told them.

Samaritan Woman:  He told me everything that I ever did!

Teacher:  When the people came out to see Jesus, they begged him to stay in their village.  So Jesus stayed for two days, with them.  That was long enough for many more people to hear Jesus’ message and begin to believe.  Then the Samaritan people said to the woman.

Samaritan people:  Now we believe!  Not just because of what you told us.  But because we have heard Him for ourselves!  Now we know that He is indeed the Savior of the world!

Teacher:  Well, that’s our lesson story.  I hope you enjoyed it.

Questions for Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

1. Who did Jesus ask for a drink of water from?
1. ____________________________________
2. Who did the Jews refuse to have anything to do with?
1. _____________________________________
3. Jesus told the Samaritan woman, “if you knew the gift that God has for you, and who you are talking to.”  What gift was Jesus talking about?
1. ______________________________________
4. What would this living water give her?
1. ______________________________________
5. How are we suppose to worship God?
1. ______________________________________
6. Who is the Messiah?
1. ______________________________________
7. The Samaritan people begin to believe in Jesus.  Who did they say Jesus was?
1. ______________________________________

Unscramble the words

List of words:

Jesus                Messiah            Samaritan Woman

Christ                believe  Savior of the World

Eternal life

TanimraaS  mnaow   ________________________           

SuseJ   __________________________________

Ssiahme   ________________________________

Liebeev   _________________________________

StrChi   ___________________________________

IorvaS  of the  dlorw  _________________________

Naleert  feil  ________________________________

Answer Sheet for Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

1. Who did Jesus ask for a drink of water from?
1. ____Samaritan woman
2. Who did the Jews refuse to have anything to do with?
1. ____Samaritan people
3. Jesus told the Samaritan woman, “if you knew the gift that God has for you, and who you are talking to.”  What gift was Jesus talking about?
1. ____Living water
4. What would this living water give her?
1. _____Eternal life
5. How are we suppose to worship God?
1. _____in spirit and in truth
6. Who is the Messiah?
1. ___Christ
7. The Samaritan people begin to believe in Jesus.  Who did they say Jesus was?

                   a.  ___Savior of the world

Unscramble the words

List of words:

Jesus                Messiah            Samaritan Woman

Christ                believe  Savior of the World

Eternal life

TanimraaS  mnaow   ______Samaritan Woman       

SuseJ   ______Jesus

Ssiahme   _______Messiah

Liebeev   _______Believe

StrChi   _____Christ

IorvaS  of the  dlorw  ___Savior of the World

Naleert  feil  _____Eternal life

The Unforgiving Debtor

This lesson is taken from Matthew 18:21-35

Peter went to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times should I forgive someone who sins against me?  7 times?”  But, Jesus told Peter, No!  You are to forgive people who sins against you 70 times 7.

For this reason, the kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him.  While the King was doing this, one of the servants that owed him money was brought in who owed the king millions of dollars.  The servant couldn’t pay the king, so the king ordered that the servant, the servant’s wife, and his children, along with everything he had to be sold to pay the debt.

But the servant fell down before the king and begged the king to be patient with him, and he would pay all of the debt.  Then the king was filled with pity for the servant.  The king released the servant and forgave the debt the servant owed.

Now when the servant left the court of the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars.  The servant grabbed his fellow servant by the throat and he demanded instant payment.  His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time.  His fellow servant ask him to be patient and he would pay what was owed.  But the servant wouldn’t listen to his fellow servant.  For the servant had his fellow servant arrested and put in jail until what was owed could be paid in full.

Now, when some of the other servants saw what had happen they were very upset.  So these other servants went to the king and told him what had happened.  Then the king called for the servant that he had forgiven and said to the servant, “you evil servant!  I forgave you that large sum of money that you owed me because you pleaded with me.  Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?  Then the angry king sent the servant to prison until he had paid every penny that he owed the king.

That’s what God in heaven will do to you as well, if you don’t forgive other people in your heart.

Lesson Questions:

1.  How many times did Jesus tell Peter to forgive people?	a.  Had him arrested and put in jail until the debt was paid in full.
2.  When the servant fell down before the king and begged the king to be patient with him.  What did the king do?	B.  you evil servant
3.  The servant went to another servant that owed him money.  What did the servant do to the other servant?	c.  went to the king and told him what had happen.
4.  Some of the other servant saw what happen and they were upset.  What did they do?	d.  He sent the servant to prison until he had paid every penny that he owed the king.
5.  The king sent for the servant.  What did the king call the servant?	e.  forgive,  heart
6.  The king was very angry with the servant.  What did the king do?	f.  70 times 7
7.  That’s what God in heaven will do to you as well, if you don’t _______ other people in your ______.	g.  the king was filled with pity and forgave the debt the servant owed.

 

Unscramble the words

Laij Svernat Gavefro Giverof Ienttpa Terep Susje Gnik restared

Jesus Peter Forgive Patient King Servant forgave Arrested jail

 

Lesson  Answers

1.  How many times did Jesus tell Peter to forgive people?  F	a.  Had him arrested and put in jail until the debt was paid in full.
2.  When the servant fell down before the king and begged the king to be patient with him.  What did the king do?  G	B.  you evil servant
3.  The servant went to another servant that owed him money.  What did the servant do to the other servant?  A	c.  went to the king and told him what had happen.
4.  Some of the other servant saw what happen and they were upset.  What did they do?  C	d.  He sent the servant to prison until he had paid every penny that he owed the king.
5.  The king sent for the servant.  What did the king call the servant?  B	e.  forgive,  heart
6.  The king was very angry with the servant.  What did the king do?  D	f.  70 times 7
7.  That’s what God in heaven will do to you as well, if you don’t _______ other people in your ______.    E	g.  the king was filled with pity and forgave the debt the servant owed.

Answers to Unscramble the words

Laij ------Jail Svernat ---- Servant Gavefro  ----- forgave Giverof ----  forgive Ienttpa ---- patient Terep  ----  Peter Susje  ---- Jesus Gnik  ----  King Restared  ---  arrested

Jesus Peter Forgive Patient King Servant forgave Arrested jail

God Promises a son to Sarah

This lesson is taken from Genesis 18:1-15 and Genesis 21:1-7

The Lord appeared again to Abraham near an oak grove.  One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.  When he looked up, he noticed 3 men standing nearby.  He ran to them to greet them and to welcome them to his camp. When he got to the men he bowed low to the ground.  Abraham said, “My Lord, if it pleases you, stop here for a while, and rest in the shade of this tree while water is brought to wash your feet.  And since you have honored your servant with this visit, let me prepare some food for you, before you continue on your journey.”  They agreed, so Abraham ran back to the tent and said to Sarah, “ Hurry!  Get 3 large measures of your best flour, mix it into dough, and bake some bread.”  Then Abraham ran out to the herd and he chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.  When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men.  As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.

“Where is Sarah, your wife?  The visitors asked.  Abraham told them that Sarah was in the tent.  Then one of them said, “I will return to see you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”

Sarah was listening to them talk from the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.   Abraham and Sarah were both old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age for having children.  So she laughed silently to herself as she thought, “after all these years, will I now have a child, now that I am so very old?”

Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh?  Why did she say, will I really have a child, now that I am so old?  Is anything too hard for the Lord to do?  I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.  Sarah was afraid, so she lied to the Lord.  For she said, “I didn’t laugh!”  But the Lord knew better than that, and he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

The Lord kept His word to Sarah, and she had a son.  This happened at the time God said it would happen. Abraham named their son Isaac.  Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.  Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter.  All who hear about this will laugh with me.  I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”

 

Questions:

1.  What did one of the men say Sarah would have the next year?	a.  She was to old to have childen
2,  Why did Sarah laugh when they said she would have a son?	b.  hard
3.  Is anything too ________ for the Lord to do?	c.  a son
4.  What did Abraham name his son?	d.  100
5.  How old was Abraham when his son was born?	E.  Isaac

Secret Code

A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H    

1     2      3      4      5     6     7      8     

I     J         K     L      M     N     O    

9    10       11    12    13     14    15   

P     Q     R     S       T      U     V    

16   17    18   19       20    21    22    

 

W     X     Y     Z

23    24    25    26

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19     1      18    1      8             19    15   14        9       19

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 9     19     1      1      3

Answers to lesson questions:

1.  What did one of the men say Sarah would have the next year?  C	a.  She was to old to have children
2,  Why did Sarah laugh when they said she would have a son?  A	b.  hard
3.  Is anything too __B__ for the Lord to do?	c.  a son
4.  What did Abraham name his son?  E	d.  100
5.  How old was Abraham when his son was born?  D	E.  Isaac

Answer to secret code

Sarah son is Isaac