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Mark 12 · Preschool

The Widow's Gift

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to the poor widow, her two small coins and Jesus watching.

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

Bible Verse

“A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.”

Mark 12:42 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Count two coins. Say: She gave all she had because she loved God! Think of something you can give to God.

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Mark 12 · Kindergarten

Love God

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

LOVE
GOD
GIVE
HEART
The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:31 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

COIN
HEART
TEMPLE
WOMAN

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Love God.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you give God with a glad heart?
  • How can you love your neighbor today?

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Mark 12 · Grade 1

Give With Love

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HEART
STRENGTH
NEIGHBOR
WIDOW

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Love God with all your heart.
Love your neighbor.
Give to God what is God's.
A widow gave two coins.
Jesus watched at the temple.

Put the Story in Order

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

A widow gave two coins.

Jesus watched at the temple.

Love your neighbor.

Love God with all your heart.

Give to God what is God's.

Draw your favorite part of the story: Love God.

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 thank God with what you have?
  • How can you be a good friend to a kid next door?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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Mark 12 · Grade 2

Two Little Coins

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Read the Story

Jesus sat near the place where people gave money at the temple. Many rich people put in a lot of money.

Then a poor widow came. She put in two small coins.

Jesus told His disciples that she gave more than all the others! The rich gave some of their extra money. She gave all that she had to live on.

Memory Verse

for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”

Mark 12:44 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Where did Jesus sit?

  2. Who put in a lot of money?

    Two small coinsThe poor widowMany rich people

  3. How many coins did the widow put in?

    The poor widowMany rich peopleTwo small coins

  4. Who did Jesus say gave more?

    Many rich peopleTwo small coinsThe poor widow

  5. Why did she give more?

Word Search

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

SNPVVLOVEATEKMMBFPHURIDGODFTEGEGHTVIWWAINHTUMIBORVGBTRDCPWTETOAOFHFVCFHRWTSMAVKWR
  • STRENGTH
  • NEIGHBOR
  • HEART
  • WIDOW
  • LOVE
  • GIVE
  • GOD
  • TWO

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus said to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. How can you do that?
  • Jesus sees the heart behind a gift. What could you give to God with a happy heart?

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Mark 12 · Grade 3

The Greatest Commandment

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Read the Story

Some leaders tried to trap Jesus. They asked if they should pay taxes to Caesar. Jesus looked at a coin. He said, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They were amazed.

A scribe asked which command was the greatest. Jesus said to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. He said the second is, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Jesus watched people giving money at the temple. Rich people gave a lot. A poor widow put in two small coins. Jesus said she gave more than all of them, because she gave all she had to live on.

Memory Verse

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.”

Mark 12:30 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did leaders ask Jesus to trap Him?

  2. What did Jesus say to give to God?

  3. What is the greatest commandment?

  4. What is the second commandment?

  5. Why did the widow give more than the rich people?

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 answered hard questions with wisdom. What hard question about God would you like to ask?
  • The tenants did not respect the owner's son. Why do you think people still turn away from Jesus?

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Mark 12 · Grade 4

All Your Heart

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Read and Think

Jesus told a parable about a man who planted a vineyard and rented it to farmers. When he sent servants to collect fruit, the farmers beat them. Finally he sent his beloved son, but they killed him. Jesus quoted Psalm 118: "The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner." The leaders knew He spoke about them.

Pharisees and Herodians asked about paying taxes. Jesus answered, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Sadducees, who denied the resurrection, asked a trick question. Jesus said they did not know the Scriptures or God's power, for God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

A scribe asked which commandment is first. Jesus answered with Israel's great confession, "Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one," and the command to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength; and second, to love your neighbor as yourself. The scribe agreed, and Jesus said he was not far from God's Kingdom. Later, Jesus praised a poor widow who gave two small coins, all she had.

Show What You Know

  1. Whom does the beloved son in the parable represent?

  2. What did Jesus tell the Sadducees they did not know?

  3. What confession did Jesus quote before the greatest commandment?

  4. Why did the widow's gift matter more to Jesus than the rich people's gifts?

Think About It

  1. What does it look like to love God with all your strength, not just your heart and mind?

  2. The widow's gift was small but total. What could you give to God wholeheartedly?

Memory Verse

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.”

Mark 12:30 (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 can we give to God with our whole heart, not just our money?
  • Jesus said the scribe was not far from the Kingdom. What does it take to enter it?

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Mark 12 · Grade 5

Not Far From the Kingdom

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Read and Think

In Mark 12 Jesus faces a series of challenges in the temple. The parable of the tenants retells Israel's history: God sent prophet after prophet, who were rejected, and finally His beloved Son. The leaders, as tenants of God's vineyard, Israel, would kill the Son. But God would make the rejected stone the cornerstone.

The questions that follow are traps. The tax question tried to force Jesus to choose between the people and Rome. His answer affirms legitimate government while declaring God's greater claim: Caesar's image is on the coin. But God's image is on us. To the Sadducees, Jesus shows that the resurrection is rooted in God's covenant faithfulness: He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of the living.

The scribe's sincere question draws out Jesus' summary of the law: the Shema and love for neighbor. Jesus then asks how the Christ can be David's son when David calls Him Lord, pointing to His divine identity. He warns against scribes who love honor yet devour widows' houses. And then He highlights a widow whose gift shows true devotion, a quiet picture of the total self-giving He would soon display.

Show What You Know

  1. How does the parable of the tenants retell Israel's history?

  2. How did Jesus' tax answer go deeper than politics?

  3. How did Jesus root the resurrection in God's covenant?

  4. What is the Shema?

  5. How does the widow's gift foreshadow Jesus?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Where Jesus watched people give money.
  2. Love your ____ as yourself.
  3. How many coins the widow put in.

Down

  1. Leaders asked about paying taxes to him.
  2. Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and ____.
  3. She gave two small coins.

Think About It

  1. Jesus told the scribe he was not far from the Kingdom. What is the difference between being near the Kingdom and entering it?

  2. Contrast the scribes who loved honor with the widow. What makes giving pleasing to God?

Memory Verse

“When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.”

Mark 12:34 (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 can we give to God with our whole heart, not just our money?
  • What step can you take to follow Jesus more closely?
  • What is one specific way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.