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John 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Jesus Washes Feet

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 Serves His Friends

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

KindergartenLove One Another

BOWL → picture 4TOWEL → picture 3FEET → picture 1LOVE → picture 2

Grade 1A New Commandment

Water in a bowl → picture 2Washing their feet → picture 4The Last Supper → picture 5Judas goes out at night → picture 3Love one another → picture 1

Order:

1. The Last Supper2. Water in a bowl3. Washing their feet4. Judas goes out at night5. Love one another

Grade 2Jesus Washes Feet

  1. What did Jesus take? A towel (circle)
  2. What did Jesus wash? His friends' feet (circle)
  3. What did Peter say at first? You will never wash my feet!
  4. What did Jesus tell His friends to do for each other? Serve each other (circle)
  5. How will people know we belong to Jesus? If we love each other
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Grade 3Love as I Have Loved You

  1. How long did Jesus love His own? To the end
  2. What did Jesus wrap around Himself? A towel
  3. What did Jesus say to Peter about washing? If I don't wash you, you have no part with Me.
  4. What new commandment did Jesus give? That you love one another
  5. What did Jesus say Peter would do? Deny Him three times before the rooster crowed
1: The Last Supper2: Water in a bowl3: Washing their feet4: Judas goes out at night5: Love one another

Grade 4The Servant King

  1. Why was it surprising that Jesus washed feet? It was a job for the lowest servant, and Jesus is Lord with all things in His hands.
  2. What deeper cleansing did the foot washing point to? The cleansing Jesus would give through the cross
  3. What does John note when Judas went out? It was night.
  4. What would show everyone that the disciples belonged to Jesus? Their love for one another

Word bank: 1. love; 2. feet; 3. wash; 4. Peter; 5. rooster

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

Grade 5Love to the End

  1. What does Jesus' foot washing picture about His mission? The Son of God humbled Himself to make sinners clean.
  2. What did Jesus mean by saying one who has bathed needs only his feet washed? Those who belong to Him are cleansed, but they still need daily cleansing from sin.
  3. What did Jesus do for His friends even though He knew one would betray Him? He washed His friends' feet.
  4. What makes the commandment to love one another new? The standard: as Jesus has loved us
  5. What does It was night suggest about Judas? Darkness both outside and in his heart

Word bank: 1. God; 2. Peter; 3. feet; 4. example; 5. Love

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

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