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Matthew 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Parables of the Kingdom

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.

PreschoolGood Soil

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

KindergartenSeeds and Soil

SEED → picture 4BIRD → picture 3WHEAT → picture 1TREE → picture 2

Grade 1Stories Jesus Told

A farmer planted seeds. → picture 5A tiny seed grew into a tree. → picture 3Yeast makes the bread grow. → picture 2A man found a hidden treasure. → picture 1A net caught many fish. → picture 4

Grade 2The Farmer and the Seeds

  1. What did the farmer throw on the ground? Seeds (circle)
  2. What happened to the seeds on the path? Birds ate them. (circle)
  3. What happened to the seeds in the thorns? The thorns choked the plants.
  4. What happened to the seeds on good soil? They grew and made lots of grain.
  5. What is the seed in Jesus' story? God's word (circle)
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Grade 3The Kingdom Is Like...

  1. What is a parable? A story that teaches about God's Kingdom
  2. In the story, what is the good soil? A person who hears God's word and understands it
  3. How is God's Kingdom like a mustard seed? It starts very small but grows very big.
  4. What did the man do when he found the treasure? In his joy he sold everything to buy the field.
  5. What does the pearl of great price teach us? Knowing God (His Kingdom) is worth more than anything.
1: A farmer planted seeds.2: A tiny seed grew into a tree.3: Yeast makes the bread grow.4: A man found a hidden treasure.5: A net caught many fish.

Grade 4Hearing With Good Hearts

  1. Name the four kinds of ground in the parable of the sower. The path, rocky ground, thorny ground, and good soil
  2. What chokes the seed among the thorns? The worries of this life and the deceitfulness (love) of riches
  3. What does the good soil produce? Fruit: thirty, sixty, or a hundred times as much
  4. What do the treasure and the pearl teach about God's Kingdom? It is worth more than everything; it is worth giving up everything to have it.

Word bank: 1. parable; 2. seed; 3. word; 4. pearl; 5. God

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

Grade 5Secrets of the Kingdom

  1. Why did Jesus speak in parables, according to His explanation? To reveal the Kingdom's secrets to those with open hearts while hiding them from those who refuse to understand (fulfilling Isaiah).
  2. According to the parable of the sower, why do people respond differently to God's word? Because of the condition of their hearts, not because of the seed.
  3. What do the weeds among the wheat teach about the present age? Good and evil will grow side by side until the end, when God will separate them.
  4. What two parables show the Kingdom growing from a small start? The mustard seed and the yeast
  5. What do the treasure and the pearl show about the Kingdom? Its surpassing worth: it is worth more than everything else.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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