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John 10 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Good Shepherd

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.

PreschoolJesus Is My Shepherd

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

KindergartenThe Good Shepherd

SHEEP → picture 4SHEPHERD → picture 3GATE → picture 1HAND → picture 2

Grade 1The Good Shepherd

I am the door → picture 4I am the good shepherd → picture 1My sheep hear My voice → picture 5No one can snatch them → picture 2I and the Father are one → picture 3

Order:

1. I am the door2. I am the good shepherd3. My sheep hear My voice4. No one can snatch them5. I and the Father are one

Grade 2My Sheep Hear My Voice

  1. What does the shepherd call each sheep? By name (circle)
  2. Whose voice do the sheep know? The shepherd's (circle)
  3. What did Jesus say He is? The good shepherd (circle)
  4. What does a good shepherd give for his sheep? His life (circle)
  5. What can no one do to Jesus' sheep? Take them out of His hand
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Grade 3I Know My Sheep

  1. How does the shepherd lead his sheep? He calls them by name and leads them out.
  2. What did Jesus say He came to give? Life to the full
  3. What does the hired worker do when a wolf comes? He runs away.
  4. What does Jesus give His sheep? Eternal life
  5. What did Jesus say about Himself and the Father? I and the Father are one.
1: I am the door2: I am the good shepherd3: My sheep hear My voice4: No one can snatch them5: I and the Father are one

Grade 4The Shepherd Who Gives His Life

  1. What does it mean that Jesus is the door? He is the only way in; those who enter through Him are saved.
  2. What is the difference between the hired hand and the good shepherd? The hired hand runs from the wolf; the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  3. Who are the other sheep not of this fold? Gentiles, people from every nation
  4. Why are Jesus' sheep safe? No one can snatch them out of His hand or the Father's hand.

Word bank: 1. sheep; 2. voice; 3. life; 4. shepherd; 5. wolf

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

Grade 5No One Will Snatch Them

  1. What Old Testament passages call God the Shepherd of His people? Psalm 23 and Ezekiel 34
  2. What does it mean that Jesus laid down His life voluntarily? No one took His life from Him; He laid it down by His own authority and would take it up again.
  3. Who will be gathered into one flock? Jesus' sheep from Israel and other sheep not of this fold (from all nations)
  4. What three promises does Jesus make to His sheep in verse 28? He gives them eternal life, they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of His hand.
  5. Why did His enemies take up stones? He said He and the Father are one, and they called it blasphemy.

Word bank: 1. life; 2. shepherd; 3. sheep; 4. voice; 5. hand

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

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