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John 12 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Mary Anoints Jesus

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.

PreschoolMary Loves Jesus

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

KindergartenHosanna!

PALM → picture 2DONKEY → picture 3KING → picture 4JAR → picture 1

Grade 1Hosanna to the King

Mary's perfume → picture 4Palm branches → picture 3A young donkey → picture 1A grain of wheat → picture 5Walk in the light → picture 2

Order:

1. Mary's ointment2. Palm branches3. A young donkey4. A grain of wheat5. Walk in the light

Grade 2A Gift and a Parade

  1. What did Mary pour on Jesus' feet? Costly perfume (circle)
  2. How did the house smell? Sweet (circle)
  3. What did Jesus ride into Jerusalem? A young donkey (circle)
  4. What did the people wave? Palm branches (circle)
  5. What did Jesus say a seed must do? Go into the ground (circle)
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Grade 3Blessed Is the King

  1. Who served dinner in Bethany? Martha
  2. What did Mary wipe Jesus' feet with? Her hair
  3. What did Jesus say Mary's gift was for? The day of His burial
  4. What did the crowd shout? Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!
  5. What must a grain of wheat do to bear fruit? Fall into the earth and die
1: Mary's ointment2: Palm branches3: A young donkey4: A grain of wheat5: Walk in the light

Grade 4The Hour Has Come

  1. How valuable was Mary's perfume? Worth almost a year's wages
  2. Why did Judas object to Mary's gift? He pretended to care for the poor, but he was a thief.
  3. Whose words did Jesus fulfill by riding on a young donkey? Zechariah's
  4. What did Jesus mean by being lifted up from the earth? Dying on the cross

Word bank: 1. palm; 2. King; 3. wheat

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

Grade 5A Grain of Wheat

  1. Why was Mary's anointing more fitting than she knew? Jesus would soon be buried.
  2. What does Hosanna mean, and what do palm branches symbolize? Save us; victory
  3. What does riding a young donkey show about Jesus' kingship? He is a King of peace, not a warrior on a horse.
  4. How would Jesus' glory come? Through His death, like a grain of wheat that dies and bears much fruit
  5. Why did some believers keep their faith secret? They loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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