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Mark 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: What Makes Us Clean

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.

PreschoolBe Opened!

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

KindergartenA Clean Heart

HEART → picture 4HAND → picture 1CUP → picture 2BREAD → picture 3

Grade 1All Things Well

The leaders washed cups. → picture 3God looks at the heart. → picture 5A mother had great faith. → picture 4Even crumbs from the table → picture 1A deaf man could hear. → picture 2

Grade 2Be Opened!

  1. What was wrong with the man's ears? He could not hear. (circle)
  2. Where did Jesus take him? Away from the crowd (circle)
  3. What does Ephphatha mean? Be opened! (circle)
  4. What happened right away? The man could hear and talk clearly.
  5. What did the people say about Jesus? He has done all things well.
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Grade 3A Clean Heart

  1. What did the leaders complain about? The disciples did not wash their hands the special way.
  2. What did Jesus say the leaders cared more about? Their own rules more than God's commands
  3. Where do bad thoughts and actions come from? From inside, from the heart
  4. What did the Greek woman say about crumbs? Even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.
  5. What did the people say after Jesus healed the deaf man? He has done all things well.
1: The leaders washed cups.2: God looks at the heart.3: A mother asked Jesus for help.4: Even crumbs from the table5: A deaf man could hear.

Grade 4From the Heart

  1. Why did Jesus call the Pharisees hypocrites? They honored God with their lips while their hearts were far from Him and put tradition above God's command.
  2. What was the Corban tradition used for? To avoid helping their parents, cancelling God's command to honor them
  3. What did Mark say Jesus declared about foods? All foods are clean.
  4. Name three things Jesus said come from the heart. Any three: evil thoughts, theft, greed, deceit, envy, pride, foolishness

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

Grade 5He Has Done All Things Well

  1. How had the Pharisees' traditions sometimes worked against God's commands? They let people avoid caring for parents (Corban), nullifying the fifth commandment.
  2. What does Jesus' teaching about defilement reveal about the human problem? The real problem is a corrupt heart, not outward things.
  3. How does declaring all foods clean connect to Jews and Gentiles? It breaks down food barriers that separated Jews and Gentiles.
  4. What kind of faith did the Syrophoenician woman show? Humble faith that claimed no right but trusted in the overflow of God's mercy (grace).
  5. What two Old Testament passages does He has done all things well echo? Genesis 1 (God saw all was very good) and Isaiah 35 (the deaf will hear when God comes to save)
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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