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Luke 15 · Preschool

The Lost Sheep

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to the shepherd and the lost sheep.

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

Bible Verse

“When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”

Luke 15:5 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Ask: How did the shepherd feel? (Happy!)

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Luke 15 · Kindergarten

Lost and Found

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

SHEEP
COIN
SON
JOY
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 15:5 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

SHEEP
COIN
LAMP
RING

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Lost and Found.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How do you feel when you find something lost?
  • God loves you so much! How does that make you feel?

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Luke 15 · Grade 1

Lost and Found

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

LOST
FOUND
JOY
FATHER
When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Luke 15:5 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

A lost sheep
A lost coin
A son feeds pigs
The best robe
A ring for his hand

Put the Story in Order

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

A ring for his hand

The best robe

A lost sheep

A son feeds pigs

A lost coin

Draw your favorite part of the story: Lost and Found.

Memory Verse

“When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”

Luke 15:5 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • God never stops looking for His own. How does God take care of you?
  • How do you feel when you find something?

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Luke 15 · Grade 2

The Father Who Waited

Name Date

Read the Story

A shepherd had one hundred sheep. One sheep got lost. The shepherd looked until he found it. He carried it home with joy.

A woman lost a coin. She lit a lamp and swept the house. When she found it, she was so happy!

A son left his father and wasted his money. He got hungry. He went home to say sorry. His father ran to hug him! The father gave a big party. His son was lost but now was found.

Memory Verse

“When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’”

Luke 15:6 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. How many sheep did the shepherd have?

    His moneyHe ran to hug himOne hundred

  2. What did the woman do to find her coin?

  3. What did the son waste?

    His moneyOne hundredHe ran to hug him

  4. What did the father do when he saw his son?

  5. Why did the father have a party?

Word Search

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

SSJFSAOGCOHAOALOSTNEFAETNYYREJODFHMTLPPOUCIEWYJBCYNBRRGWTKHHDOPABCCOINCLDHUNDREDB
  • HUNDRED
  • FATHER
  • SHEEP
  • FOUND
  • COIN
  • LOST
  • SON
  • JOY

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Not one lamb was left behind. How does it feel to know God looks for you?
  • The father was glad. How can you welcome someone who says sorry?
  • How did the older brother feel?

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Luke 15 · Grade 3

Joy in Heaven

Name Date

Read the Story

Tax collectors and sinners came to listen to Jesus. The Pharisees grumbled that He welcomed sinners and ate with them. So Jesus told three stories.

A shepherd left ninety-nine sheep to find one that was lost. When he found it, he carried it on his shoulders and called his friends to celebrate. A woman lost one of her ten silver coins. She swept until she found it, and then she rejoiced. Jesus said there is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.

A younger son took his share of money and wasted it far away. When he was starving and feeding pigs, he came to his senses. He went home to ask to be a servant. But his father ran to him, hugged him, and gave him a robe, a ring and a feast. The older brother was angry, but the father said they had to celebrate.

Memory Verse

“When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”

Luke 15:5 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Why did the Pharisees grumble?

  2. How did the shepherd carry the sheep home?

  3. What causes joy in heaven?

  4. What job was the younger son doing when he came to his senses?

  5. What did the father give his son?

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.

  • The son said he was not worthy to be called a son. How does this story help you come back to God?
  • The older brother would not go in to the party. How can you be happy when someone comes back to God?

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Luke 15 · Grade 4

The Lost Son

Name Date

Read and Think

Luke 15 begins with a problem. Sinners were coming close to hear Jesus, and the religious leaders complained. Jesus answered with three stories about lost things. In each one, someone searches, finds, and celebrates.

The shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to look for one lost sheep. The woman lights a lamp and sweeps her house for one lost coin. When they find what was lost, they call their friends to rejoice. Jesus said heaven rejoices like that over one sinner who repents.

The third story is about two sons. The younger son demanded his share, left home, and wasted it. When a famine came, he fed pigs and longed to eat their food. He came to his senses and went home to confess. While he was still far off, his father saw him, felt compassion, and ran to him. The father gave him the best robe, a ring and sandals. The older son refused to join the party. The father gently invited him in, because his brother was dead and is alive again.

Show What You Know

  1. What three things happen in each lost-and-found story?

  2. What did the younger son do when he came to his senses?

  3. What did the father do while the son was still far off?

  4. How did the father respond to the older son?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

lostsheepcoinpigsson
  1. Jesus answered with three stories about things.
  2. The shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to look for one lost .
  3. The woman lights a lamp and sweeps her house for one lost .
  4. The younger demanded his share, left home, and wasted it.
  5. When a famine came, he fed and longed to eat their food.

Think About It

  1. The father ran to his son. What does this story teach you about how God welcomes us when we repent?

  2. The older brother was angry about grace for his brother. How can you celebrate when God shows mercy to others?

Memory Verse

“for this, my son, was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.”

Luke 15:24 (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.

  • How does God welcome you when you come back to Him?
  • How can you cheer when a friend chooses God?
  • Heaven rejoices when one person turns to God. How does that change how you see others?

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Luke 15 · Grade 5

The Father's Welcome

Name Date

Read and Think

Luke 15 shows the heart of God. Tax collectors and sinners drew near to Jesus, and the Pharisees grumbled. Jesus did not defend Himself with an argument. He told three parables that show what God is like. God is the one who seeks the lost.

A shepherd who loses one sheep leaves the ninety-nine to search until he finds it. A woman who loses one silver coin lights a lamp and sweeps carefully until she finds it. Both call friends to rejoice. Jesus explained that there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents.

In the third parable, a younger son dishonored his father by demanding his inheritance and wasting it in reckless living. Hungry and feeding pigs, he came to himself and planned to say he was no longer worthy to be called a son. But the father ran, embraced him, and restored him with a robe, a ring, sandals and a feast. The older son stayed outside, angry, sure he had earned more. The father loved him too, and pleaded with him to come in. The story ends without saying what the older son chose. Jesus left that question for the grumbling Pharisees, and for us.

Show What You Know

  1. What do all three parables show about God?

  2. What was the younger son planning to say to his father?

  3. How did the father restore the son?

  4. Whom does the older son represent in the setting of this chapter?

  5. The story ends before we hear the older brother's answer. What question does that leave for us?

Crossword

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Across

  1. How many sheep the shepherd had.
  2. The shepherd carried the sheep home on his ____.

Down

  1. The younger son had a job feeding them.
  2. The father gave his son a ____ and a ring.
  3. The woman swept the house to find it.
  4. The woman lit one to search.

Think About It

  1. Have you ever felt like the younger son, or like the older son? How does the father's love meet you there?

  2. Jesus told these stories because sinners were coming to Him. How can your church welcome people who are far from God?

Memory Verse

Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

Luke 15:10 (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.

  • How does the father's joy change how you see God?
  • How can you be glad when others are forgiven?
  • The father said, This your brother was dead, and is alive again. Who do you know that God might be calling home?

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