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John 5 · Preschool

Jesus Heals at the Pool

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to the pool and the mat.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Lie down, then jump up when you hear Get up!

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John 5 · Kindergarten

Get Up and Walk

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

WALK
MAT
POOL
WELL
Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

POOL
MAT
WALK
BIBLE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Get Up and Walk.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you ask Jesus for help?
  • Jesus cares when we are sick. How can you pray for someone sick?

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John 5 · Grade 1

Get Up and Walk

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HEAL
WALK
LIFE
FATHER
Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

The pool of Bethesda
Pick up your mat
Jesus finds him in the temple
The Father loves the Son
The Scriptures tell of Me

Put the Story in Order

Write the number 1 to 5 in each circle to show the right order.

Jesus finds him in the temple

The Father loves the Son

Pick up your mat

The Scriptures tell of Me

The pool of Bethesda

Draw your favorite part of the story: Get Up and Walk.

Memory Verse

Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus made a sick man well. What can you thank God that your body can do?
  • Jesus said get up and walk! What do you like to do with Jesus?

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John 5 · Grade 2

The Man at the Pool

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Read the Story

There was a pool in Jerusalem. Many sick people lay near it. One man had been sick for thirty-eight years. He could not walk.

Jesus saw the man. He asked, Do you want to be made well? The man said no one would help him into the pool.

Jesus said, Get up, pick up your mat, and walk. Right away the man was well! He picked up his mat and walked. Jesus has power to heal.

Memory Verse

Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Where did the sick people lie?

  2. How long had the man been sick?

    He has power to healHis matThirty-eight years

  3. What did Jesus ask the man?

  4. What did Jesus tell the man to pick up?

    Thirty-eight yearsHe has power to healHis mat

  5. What does this story show about Jesus?

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

DGPLDGMWPMBCOIKAECHYEDOFTLJEFWTULELSAATAHBGLGLTMKLEIETTHVEYKSULGETHIFRDKORJENLPPA
  • BETHESDA
  • FATHER
  • WALK
  • POOL
  • WELL
  • HEAL
  • LIFE
  • MAT

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be a helper to someone who is alone?
  • Jesus found the man again in the temple. Why do you think Jesus went looking for him?
  • How can you keep Sunday special for God?

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John 5 · Grade 3

Do You Want to Be Made Well?

Name Date

Read the Story

In Jerusalem there was a pool called Bethesda with five porches. Many people who were sick, blind or lame lay there. One man had been ill for thirty-eight years. Jesus asked him, Do you want to be made well? The man said he had no one to put him in the water.

Jesus said, Arise, take up your mat, and walk. At once the man was healed. He picked up his mat and walked. But it was the Sabbath, and some leaders said he was breaking the law by carrying his mat. Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him to stop sinning.

The leaders were angry that Jesus healed on the Sabbath. Jesus said His Father is always working, and so is He. He said He does what He sees the Father doing. Whoever hears His word and believes has eternal life. Jesus said the Scriptures, John the Baptist and His own works all tell about Him.

Memory Verse

Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What was the name of the pool?

  2. What did the man say when Jesus asked if he wanted to be well?

  3. Why were some leaders upset?

  4. What did Jesus say His Father is always doing?

  5. What did Jesus say tells about Him?

Put the Story in Order

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4
5

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus noticed a man no one helped. Who could you notice and help?
  • The man waited thirty-eight years before Jesus came. How can you trust Jesus while you wait?

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John 5 · Grade 4

The Son Gives Life

Name Date

Read and Think

Jesus went to Jerusalem for a feast. By the pool of Bethesda lay many people who were sick. One man had been unable to walk for thirty-eight years. Jesus knew how long he had suffered. He asked if he wanted to be healed. The man explained he had no one to help him. Jesus simply told him to get up, take up his mat, and walk, and he was healed at once.

It was the Sabbath. Some leaders cared more about their rules than about the man's healing. When they learned Jesus healed him, they began to persecute Jesus. Jesus answered that His Father was working and He was working too. The leaders understood that He was calling God His own Father and making Himself equal with God.

Jesus explained that the Son does what the Father does. As the Father raises the dead and gives life, the Son gives life to whom He wants. Whoever hears Jesus' word and believes the Father has eternal life and has passed from death to life. Jesus said the Scriptures testify about Him. Moses wrote about Him too.

Show What You Know

  1. How long had the man been unable to walk?

  2. Why did the leaders become angry?

  3. What does the Son give, just like the Father?

  4. What happens to whoever hears Jesus' word and believes?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

walkpoolmatFatherSabbath
  1. By the of Bethesda lay many people who were sick.
  2. One man had been unable to for thirty-eight years.
  3. Jesus simply told him to get up, take up his , and walk, and he was healed at once.
  4. It was the .
  5. Jesus answered that His was working and He was working too.

Think About It

  1. Jesus asked, Do you want to be made well? What do you need Jesus' help with today?

  2. Jesus said the Scriptures tell about Him. How can you look for Jesus when you read the Bible?

Memory Verse

Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What would you ask Jesus to make new in you?
  • How can you keep people more important than rules?
  • How can time in God's Word help you know Jesus?

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John 5 · Grade 5

From Death to Life

Name Date

Read and Think

John 5 tells of the third sign in this Gospel. At the pool of Bethesda, a man had waited for healing for thirty-eight years. Jesus asked a searching question: Do you want to be made well? The man only gave reasons why he could not be helped. Jesus did not need the pool. He spoke, and the man rose, picked up his mat, and walked. Later Jesus warned him to stop sinning so that something worse would not happen. Jesus cares about our bodies, but even more about our souls.

Because it was the Sabbath, the leaders objected. Jesus replied, My Father is still working, so I am working too. God keeps the world going even on the Sabbath, and Jesus claimed the same right. The leaders saw this as making Himself equal with God, and they sought to kill Him. Jesus did not take back His claim.

Instead, Jesus explained His relationship with the Father. The Son can do nothing by Himself except what He sees the Father doing. The Father has given the Son authority to give life and to judge. Most truly, he who hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and has passed out of death into life. Jesus listed witnesses: John the Baptist, His works, the Father, and the Scriptures. The tragedy was that the leaders searched the Scriptures but refused to come to the One the Scriptures were about.

Show What You Know

  1. How did the man answer Jesus' question about being made well?

  2. What did Jesus warn the man about later, and what does this show?

  3. Why did Jesus say He could work on the Sabbath?

  4. What authority has the Father given the Son?

  5. What was the tragedy about the leaders and the Scriptures?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Some were upset because of healing on this day.
  2. Jesus told the man to pick it up.
  3. Jesus said His Father is always ____.

Down

  1. The name of the pool.
  2. The man had been sick ____-eight years.
  3. The sick people lay near one.

Think About It

  1. The man had waited thirty-eight years. How does Jesus' care for him encourage you when you have waited a long time for something?

  2. How can you read the Bible so that you come to Jesus, not just learn facts?

Memory Verse

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

John 5:24 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus asked, Do you want to be made well? What did the man say?
  • What do you do when waiting is hard?
  • Jesus said whoever hears His word and believes has eternal life. How does that promise give you confidence?

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