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Mark 4 · Preschool

Peace! Be Still!

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to Jesus in the boat, the big waves and the calm sky.

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

Bible Verse

“He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.”

Mark 4:39 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Jesus is stronger than any storm! When you feel afraid, you can pray, Jesus, help me!

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Mark 4 · Kindergarten

Be Still

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

PEACE
STILL
BOAT
WIND
He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 4:9 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

BOAT
WAVES
SEED
LAMP

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Be Still.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus calmed the storm. How does Jesus help you when you are scared?
  • How can you trust Jesus in a storm?

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Mark 4 · Grade 1

Who Is This?

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

SEED
LAMP
STORM
PEACE
He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.

Mark 4:39 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

A farmer sowed seed.
Put a lamp on a stand.
A small seed grows big.
Jesus slept in the boat.
The wind and sea obey Jesus.

Draw your favorite part of the story: Be Still.

Memory Verse

“He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.”

Mark 4:39 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus calmed the storm. How does Jesus help you when you are scared?
  • How can you love God more each day?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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Mark 4 · Grade 2

Jesus Stops the Storm

Name Date

Read the Story

Jesus and His disciples got in a boat. Jesus fell asleep on a pillow.

A big storm came. Waves splashed into the boat! The disciples were afraid. They woke Jesus.

Jesus stood up. He said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind stopped. It was very calm. The disciples said, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

Memory Verse

“He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.”

Mark 4:39 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did Jesus do in the boat?

  2. What came on the lake?

    Peace! Be still!AfraidA big storm

  3. How did the disciples feel?

    AfraidPeace! Be still!A big storm

  4. What did Jesus say to the sea?

    AfraidA big stormPeace! Be still!

  5. What happened to the wind?

Word Search

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

OSTORMRLJTFLOLAMPBJCBNTMBUPESUDASHTEBTESWOSMATIBEHIGKCGLSODINEERLGNAKODNGVDBLTKNR
  • CUSHION
  • PEACE
  • STILL
  • STORM
  • BOAT
  • WIND
  • SEED
  • LAMP

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 good soil for God's Word?
  • The disciples asked, Who is this? How would you answer?

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Mark 4 · Grade 3

Even the Wind Obeys

Name Date

Read the Story

Jesus sat in a boat and taught a big crowd on the shore. He told a story about a farmer whose seed fell on the path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and on good soil. Only the good soil made a big crop. Jesus explained that the seed is God's word. People who hear it and accept it bear fruit.

Jesus said a lamp is not put under a basket, but on a stand. He said God's Kingdom is like a mustard seed. It is tiny, but it grows into a large plant where birds can rest in its shade.

That evening a great storm came while they crossed the lake. Jesus was asleep. The disciples cried, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?" Jesus said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" There was a great calm. Jesus asked why they were afraid and had no faith. They said, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

Memory Verse

They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Mark 4:41 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What is the seed in the farmer story?

  2. Where should a lamp be put?

  3. How is God's Kingdom like a mustard seed?

  4. What did the disciples say when they woke Jesus?

  5. What did the disciples ask after the storm stopped?

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.

  • How can you be good soil for God's Word?
  • How is God at work in you when you cannot see it?

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Mark 4 · Grade 4

Seeds and Storms

Name Date

Read and Think

Jesus taught a great crowd from a boat. In the parable of the sower, seed fell on four kinds of ground. Seed on the path was eaten by birds; on rocky ground it sprang up but withered; among thorns it was choked; but on good ground it produced thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much. Jesus explained that some hear the word but Satan takes it away, some fall away in trouble, and some let worries and riches choke it. But others hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit.

Jesus told more parables. A lamp is put on a stand, not hidden. Seed grows night and day, though the farmer does not know how. The Kingdom of God is like a tiny mustard seed that becomes the greatest of garden plants.

That evening a great windstorm struck the boat while Jesus slept on a cushion. The terrified disciples woke Him. He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" and there was a great calm. He asked, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?" They were filled with awe, asking who He could be.

Show What You Know

  1. What happens to the seed among thorns, according to Jesus' explanation?

  2. What does the parable of the growing seed teach?

  3. What did Jesus say to the sea?

  4. What questions did Jesus ask the disciples after the storm?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

boatmustardseedcushionlamp
  1. Jesus taught a great crowd from a .
  2. In the parable of the sower, fell on four kinds of ground.
  3. A is put on a stand, not hidden.
  4. The Kingdom of God is like a tiny seed that becomes the greatest of garden plants.
  5. That evening a great windstorm struck the boat while Jesus slept on a .

Think About It

  1. When you face a storm in life, what does this story remind you about Jesus?

  2. Which parable in this chapter encourages you most? Why?

Memory Verse

Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

Mark 4:20 (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 helps you listen well to the Bible?
  • Jesus slept during the storm. What does His peace teach us about trust?

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Mark 4 · Grade 5

Who Then Is This?

Name Date

Read and Think

Mark 4 collects Jesus' parables of the Kingdom. The sower explains the mixed response to Jesus' preaching. The soil is the hearer's heart, and only those who receive the word with understanding and perseverance bear fruit. Jesus explained that to outsiders everything comes in parables, so that, as Isaiah said, seeing they may not perceive. Parables reveal to the humble and conceal from the hard-hearted.

The lamp shows that what is hidden is meant to be revealed. "Take heed what you hear": the measure you give is the measure you receive. The seed growing secretly, unique to Mark, shows that God brings the harvest, not human effort. The mustard seed shows the Kingdom's unlikely beginning and great end.

The storm narrative answers the question the parables raise: who is this teacher? In the Old Testament, only God rules the raging sea and stills its waves. Jesus sleeps peacefully, showing His trust in the Father, and with a word commands creation. The disciples move from fear of the storm to a greater, holy fear of Jesus Himself. Their question, "Who then is this?" is the question Mark wants every reader to answer.

Show What You Know

  1. According to the sower, what makes the difference in whether the word bears fruit?

  2. What does the parable of the seed growing secretly teach?

  3. Why is calming the sea a sign of Jesus' divinity?

  4. How did the disciples' fear change?

  5. What question does Mark want every reader to answer?

Crossword

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Across

  1. What the wind and sea became.
  2. A big one came on the lake.
  3. Jesus said ____, be still.

Down

  1. Jesus slept on one in the boat.
  2. God's Kingdom is like a tiny ____ seed.
  3. In the farmer story it is God's word.

Think About It

  1. Jesus slept peacefully in the storm. What does that show about trusting the Father?

  2. How would you answer the disciples' question, Who then is this?

Memory Verse

They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Mark 4:41 (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 said the measure you give will be the measure you receive. How could you be more generous with what God has taught you?
  • How can you rest in Jesus when life feels stormy?
  • 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.