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Mark 7 · Preschool

Be Opened!

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to Jesus, the man who can now hear, and the happy crowd.

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

Bible Verse

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Mark 7:37 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Cup your ears and listen to sounds around you. Say: Thank You, God, for my ears!

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Mark 7 · Kindergarten

A Clean Heart

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HEART
HEAR
SPEAK
WELL
They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Mark 7:37 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

HEART
HAND
CUP
BREAD

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: A Clean Heart.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus cares about our hearts. How can you keep your heart kind?
  • Jesus helped a man hear and talk. What would you say first?

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Mark 7 · Grade 1

All Things Well

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HEART
FAITH
EARS
OPENED
They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Mark 7:37 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The leaders washed cups.
God looks at the heart.
A mother had great faith.
Even crumbs from the table
A deaf man could hear.

Draw your favorite part of the story: A Clean Heart.

Memory Verse

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Mark 7:37 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus cares about our hearts. How can you keep your heart kind?
  • What would you like to tell Jesus?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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Mark 7 · Grade 2

Be Opened!

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Read the Story

Some people brought a man to Jesus. The man could not hear, and he could hardly talk.

Jesus took him away from the crowd. Jesus looked up to heaven. He said, "Ephphatha!" That means, "Be opened!"

Right away the man could hear! He could talk clearly too. The people were amazed. They said, "He has done all things well."

Memory Verse

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Mark 7:37 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What was wrong with the man's ears?

    He could not hearAway from the crowdBe opened!

  2. Where did Jesus take him?

    Away from the crowdHe could not hearBe opened!

  3. What does Ephphatha mean?

    He could not hearAway from the crowdBe opened!

  4. What happened right away?

  5. What did the people say about Jesus?

Word Search

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

HJOITAVOHDERPSEUVEHAALEPADFSEURFNERHOUAGTMEASUNCRHYHDKMULTITUDEFLKDGFEFVUDLWELLRF
  • MULTITUDE
  • DAUGHTER
  • OPENED
  • HEART
  • SPEAK
  • HEAR
  • WELL
  • EARS

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus said bad things come from inside us. How can God make our hearts clean?
  • The mom kept asking Jesus for help. Why should we keep praying?

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Mark 7 · Grade 3

A Clean Heart

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Read the Story

Some leaders saw Jesus' disciples eat without washing their hands the special way. Their tradition said to wash a certain way. They asked Jesus why His disciples did not follow it. Jesus said they cared more about their own rules than God's commands.

Jesus taught that what goes into a person from outside does not make him unclean. Bad thoughts and actions come from inside, from the heart. That is what makes a person unclean. God wants clean hearts.

A Greek woman begged Jesus to help her daughter. She said, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Jesus was pleased with her answer, and her daughter was healed. Then Jesus healed a deaf man by saying, "Ephphatha!" The people said, "He has done all things well."

Memory Verse

“There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.”

Mark 7:15 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did the leaders complain about?

  2. What did Jesus say the leaders cared more about?

  3. Where do bad thoughts and actions come from?

  4. What did the Greek woman say about crumbs?

  5. What did the people say after Jesus healed the deaf man?

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 put His fingers in the deaf man's ears and said, be opened. How can you show care to someone who is different from you?
  • The mom kept asking Jesus for help. Why should we keep praying?

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Mark 7 · Grade 4

From the Heart

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Read and Think

Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem noticed that some disciples ate with unwashed hands. Mark explains that the Pharisees had many rules about washing hands, cups and pots. Jesus called them hypocrites, quoting Isaiah: "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." He showed how they used a rule called Corban to avoid helping their parents. This cancelled God's command.

Jesus told the crowd that nothing outside a person can defile him by going in. Later He explained to His disciples that food goes into the stomach, not the heart. Mark adds that Jesus declared all foods clean. Evil thoughts and actions, such as theft, greed, envy and pride, come from within. They defile a person.

In the region of Tyre, a Greek woman begged Jesus to help her daughter. Jesus tested her faith, and she humbly replied that even the dogs eat the children's crumbs. Jesus healed her daughter. In the Decapolis, He healed a deaf man, saying, "Ephphatha!" The crowds were astonished: "He has done all things well."

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Jesus call the Pharisees hypocrites?

  2. What was the Corban tradition used for?

  3. What did Mark say Jesus declared about foods?

  4. Name three things Jesus said come from the heart.

Think About It

  1. Why is changing our heart more important than following outward rules?

  2. The Greek woman kept asking humbly. What does her example teach about coming to Jesus?

Memory Verse

“There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.”

Mark 7:15 (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 can you ask God to change on the inside of you?
  • People said He has done all things well. Where have you seen God do things well?

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Mark 7 · Grade 5

He Has Done All Things Well

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Read and Think

Mark 7 is about purity, an issue that divided Jews from Gentiles. The Pharisees' traditions were meant to protect holiness. But they had become a burden that sometimes overruled God's real commands. Jesus exposes this by citing Isaiah and the example of Corban: people could dedicate money to God to avoid supporting aging parents. Human tradition had nullified the fifth commandment.

Jesus' teaching that defilement comes from within reveals the real human problem: a corrupt heart. Mark notes that Jesus declared all foods clean. The Kingdom was breaking down the old food barriers between Jews and Gentiles. The early church later understood this (Acts 10).

Fittingly, Jesus next goes into Gentile territory. The Syrophoenician woman's clever, humble answer shows faith that understands grace: she claims no right, only the overflow of mercy. Then in the Decapolis, Jesus heals a deaf man with gestures he could understand and a sigh toward heaven. The crowd's words, "He has done all things well," echo Genesis 1, where God saw that all He made was very good. They also echo Isaiah 35, which promised the deaf would hear when God came to save.

Show What You Know

  1. How had the Pharisees' traditions sometimes worked against God's commands?

  2. What does Jesus' teaching about defilement reveal about the human problem?

  3. How does declaring all foods clean connect to Jews and Gentiles?

  4. What kind of faith did the Syrophoenician woman show?

  5. What two Old Testament passages does He has done all things well echo?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Ephphatha means be ____.
  2. Jesus took the deaf man aside from the ___ (7:33).

Down

  1. Bad thoughts come from inside, from the ____.
  2. The Greek woman spoke of the children's ____.
  3. People said Jesus had done all things ____.
  4. The man's ____ could not hear.

Think About It

  1. What are some traditions people might keep today that could distract from loving God and others?

  2. How does this chapter show that Jesus' Kingdom welcomes people of every nation?

Memory Verse

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Mark 7:37 (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 you let Jesus change you from the inside?
  • How does Jesus' personal care for each person encourage you?
  • 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.