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Matthew 13 · Preschool

Good Soil

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Color the picture. Point to the farmer, the seeds, the growing plants, the birds and the wheat.

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

Bible Verse

“Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Matthew 13:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: When we listen to God's Word, we grow like healthy plants! Plant a seed in a cup together this week.

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Matthew 13 · Kindergarten

Seeds and Soil

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

SEED
SOIL
GROW
WORD
Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

SEED
BIRD
WHEAT
TREE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Seeds and Soil.

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 love God more?
  • How can you let God's Word grow in you?

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Matthew 13 · Grade 1

Stories Jesus Told

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

FARMER
SEED
PEARL
TREASURE
Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

A farmer planted seeds.
A tiny seed grew into a tree.
Yeast makes the bread grow.
A man found a hidden treasure.
A net caught many fish.

Draw your favorite part of the story: Seeds and Soil.

Memory Verse

“Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Matthew 13:8 (WEB)

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 love God more?
  • What small good thing can you do today?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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Matthew 13 · Grade 2

The Farmer and the Seeds

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Read the Story

Jesus told a story about a farmer. The farmer threw seeds on the ground. Some seeds fell on the path, and birds ate them.

Some seeds fell on rocky ground, and the plants dried up. Some seeds fell in thorns, and the thorns choked the plants.

But some seeds fell on good soil. They grew and grew and made lots of grain! Jesus said the seed is God's word. People who listen and understand are like the good soil.

Memory Verse

“Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Matthew 13:8 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did the farmer throw on the ground?

    SeedsGod's wordBirds ate them

  2. What happened to the seeds on the path?

    God's wordBirds ate themSeeds

  3. What happened to the seeds in the thorns?

  4. What happened to the seeds on good soil?

  5. What is the seed in Jesus' story?

    God's wordSeedsBirds ate them

Word Search

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

IICGHPGPKTTREASUREIHJNHGEHLBFARMEREPWPEARLFGDOFJULSBWVRISHRSOBWDRGROWPISASEEDSCIL
  • TREASURE
  • FARMER
  • PEARL
  • SEEDS
  • SEED
  • SOIL
  • GROW
  • WORD

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What kind of soil does your heart want to be like? Why?
  • What makes following Jesus worth more than all you own?

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Matthew 13 · Grade 3

The Kingdom Is Like...

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Read the Story

Jesus sat in a boat and taught the crowd with parables, stories that teach about God's Kingdom. A farmer sowed seed. Some fell on the path, some on rocky ground, and some among thorns, and those seeds did not last. But the seed on good soil made a big crop. Jesus explained that the seed is the word of the Kingdom, and the good soil is a person who hears it and understands it.

Jesus said the Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed. It is one of the smallest seeds, but it grows into a tree where birds can rest. It is also like yeast that a woman mixes into flour until all the dough rises. God's Kingdom starts small but grows and spreads.

The Kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field. A man found it, and in his joy he sold everything to buy that field. It is like a merchant who found one pearl of great price and sold all he had to buy it. Knowing God is worth more than anything!

Memory Verse

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 13:44 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What is a parable?

  2. In the story, what is the good soil?

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

  4. What did the man do when he found the treasure?

  5. What does the pearl of great price teach us?

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.

  • What kind of soil does your heart want to be like? Why?
  • Jesus compared God's kingdom to hidden treasure. What would you give up for Jesus?

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Matthew 13 · Grade 4

Hearing With Good Hearts

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Read and Think

In Matthew 13 Jesus teaches in parables, everyday stories that carry heavenly truth. The first is the parable of the sower. Seed falls on four kinds of ground: the hard path, where birds snatch it; rocky ground, where it springs up but withers in the sun; thorny ground, where weeds choke it; and good soil, where it produces thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much.

Jesus explains the story. The seed is the word of the Kingdom. The evil one snatches it from hard hearts. Some receive it with joy but fall away when trouble comes. Others let worries and the love of riches choke it out. But the one who hears the word and understands it bears much fruit.

Jesus also tells parables about weeds among the wheat, a mustard seed, yeast, a hidden treasure, a pearl of great price, and a dragnet. At the end of the age, God will separate the righteous from the wicked. Until then, His Kingdom grows quietly, and it is worth giving everything to have.

Show What You Know

  1. Name the four kinds of ground in the parable of the sower.

  2. What chokes the seed among the thorns?

  3. What does the good soil produce?

  4. What do the treasure and the pearl teach about God's Kingdom?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

Godseedwordpearlparable
  1. The first is the of the sower.
  2. The is the word of the Kingdom.
  3. But the one who hears the and understands it bears much fruit.
  4. Jesus also tells parables about weeds among the wheat, a mustard seed, yeast, a hidden treasure, a of great price, and a dragnet.
  5. At the end of the age, will separate the righteous from the wicked.

Think About It

  1. Which kind of soil best describes your heart right now? What helps a heart become good soil?

  2. Why do you think Jesus taught using stories about farming, bread and fishing?

Memory Verse

What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Matthew 13:23 (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 things can choke out God's Word in our lives, like thorns?
  • What helps God's Word grow in your heart?

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Matthew 13 · Grade 5

Secrets of the Kingdom

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Read and Think

Matthew 13 is the third great teaching section in Matthew. Jesus speaks in parables, and His disciples ask why. He explains that the secrets of the Kingdom have been given to them, but many in the crowd, like the people in Isaiah's day, see without perceiving and hear without understanding. Parables reveal truth to open hearts and hide it from those who refuse to listen.

The parable of the sower explains why people respond to the same message so differently. The problem is never the seed. It is the condition of the heart. Satan snatches the word, trouble scorches shallow faith, and worries and wealth choke it. But the good hearer understands and bears fruit, some a hundredfold.

The parables of the weeds and the dragnet show that good and evil will exist side by side until the end, when the Son of Man sends His angels to separate them. The mustard seed and the yeast show the Kingdom's surprising growth from small beginnings. The treasure and the pearl show its surpassing worth. A scribe trained for the Kingdom brings out treasures old and new.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Jesus speak in parables, according to His explanation?

  2. According to the parable of the sower, why do people respond differently to God's word?

  3. What do the weeds among the wheat teach about the present age?

  4. What two parables show the Kingdom growing from a small start?

  5. What do the treasure and the pearl show about the Kingdom?

Crossword

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Across

  1. They choked the plants.
  2. A merchant found one of great price.
  3. They ate the seeds on the path.

Down

  1. Good ____ grew lots of grain.
  2. A story that teaches about God's Kingdom.
  3. What the farmer threw on the ground.

Think About It

  1. What thorns in your world might choke out God's word in a person's life?

  2. The man in the parable sold everything in his joy. How is following Jesus a joy and not just a cost?

Memory Verse

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Matthew 13:11 (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 keeps you too busy for God?
  • Why do you think Jesus taught with stories instead of just plain rules?
  • 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.