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Jeremiah 24 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Two Baskets of Figs

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolA Heart to Know God

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGood Figs

FIG → picture 2HEART → picture 4SEE → picture 1HOME → picture 3

Grade 1Figs in Baskets

Jeremiah saw two baskets of figs. → picture 2They were by the temple. → picture 4God watches over his people for good. → picture 5God will bring them home. → picture 1God will give them a heart to know him. → picture 3

Order:

1. One basket had very good figs2. I will build them3. I will plant them4. I will be their God

Grade 2Two Baskets

  1. What did God show Jeremiah? Two baskets of figs (circle)
  2. What was in one basket? Very good figs (circle)
  3. What was in the other basket? Very bad figs (circle)
  4. Who was like the good figs? Some of God's people far away
  5. What would God give them? A heart to know him
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Grade 3Good Figs and Bad Figs

  1. Who carried away King Jeconiah? The king of Babylon
  2. Where were the baskets set? Before the temple
  3. What were the good figs like? The figs that are first-ripe
  4. Who were like the good figs? The captives taken to Babylon
  5. How would they return to God? With their whole heart
1: One basket had very good figs2: I will build them3: I will plant them4: I will be their God
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Grade 4A Heart to Know Me

  1. What might the people left in Jerusalem have thought? That they were the lucky ones, favored by God
  2. Who were the good figs? The captives in Babylon
  3. What did God promise to give the good figs? A heart to know him
  4. Why were Zedekiah and those in Jerusalem like bad figs? They kept refusing to listen

Word bank: 1. God; 2. figs; 3. good; 4. plant; 5. heart

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Exile as a Place of Grace

  1. What did those left in Jerusalem assume? That they were the faithful remnant
  2. How did God reinterpret exile? As the place where he would do his renewing work, not proof of rejection
  3. What earlier passage do building and planting echo? Jeremiah's call in chapter 1
  4. Which later chapter does the promise of a heart to know God anticipate? The new covenant of chapter 31
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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