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Luke 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Follow Me

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.

PreschoolFishing with Jesus

lj and boatlj and netfish

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

KindergartenFollow Jesus

BOAT → picture 3FISH → picture 4NET → picture 2MAT → picture 1

Grade 1Jesus Calls His Friends

Teaching from a boat → picture 3Nets full of fish → picture 4A man on a mat → picture 5Friends open the roof → picture 2Levi the tax collector → picture 1

Order:

1. Teaching from a boat2. Nets full of fish3. A man on a cot4. Friends lower him through the tiles5. Levi the tax collector

Grade 2So Many Fish!

  1. How many fish did Peter catch all night? None (circle)
  2. Where did Jesus tell Peter to put the nets? In the deep water (circle)
  3. What happened to the nets? They filled with so many fish they began to break.
  4. What did Peter, James and John do? They left their boats and followed Jesus.
  5. What did the healed man carry home? His mat (circle)
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Grade 3Fishers of People

  1. Why was it hard for Peter to obey Jesus about the nets? He had worked all night and caught nothing.
  2. What did Jesus say Peter would catch from now on? People
  3. How did the friends get the paralyzed man to Jesus? They lowered him down through the roof.
  4. What did Jesus do for the paralyzed man first? He forgave his sins.
  5. Whom did Jesus come to call? Sinners, to turn back to God (repent)
1: Teaching from a boat2: Nets full of fish3: A man on a cot4: Friends lower him through the tiles5: Levi the tax collector

Grade 4Leaving Everything for Jesus

  1. What did Peter say before letting down the nets? He said he would do it because Jesus said so.
  2. How did Peter react to the huge catch of fish? He fell at Jesus' knees and said he was a sinful man.
  3. What did Peter, James and John leave behind? Everything (their boats and their fish)
  4. Why did Jesus say He ate with sinners? Sick people need a doctor; He came to call sinners to repentance.

Word bank: 1. nets; 2. friends; 3. people; 4. sinners

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

Grade 5The Doctor for Sinners

  1. Why did Peter ask Jesus to leave him? He saw his own sin next to Jesus' holiness.
  2. Why was touching a man with leprosy surprising? Leprosy made a person unclean, and people avoided touching them.
  3. Why did the teachers object when Jesus forgave sins? They said only God can forgive sins.
  4. How did Jesus prove He had authority to forgive sins? He healed the paralyzed man so that he got up and walked.
  5. What did Jesus mean by comparing Himself to a doctor? Like a doctor helps sick people, Jesus came to rescue sinners who know they need Him.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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