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Matthew 15 · Preschool

Jesus Heals and Feeds

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to Jesus, the mother, the bread, the fish and the baskets.

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

Bible Verse

“so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.”

Matthew 15:31 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Ask: What did the people do when they saw Jesus heal? (They praised God!) Praise God together for something He has done.

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Matthew 15 · Kindergarten

A Good Heart

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HEART
FAITH
BREAD
PRAISE
They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

Matthew 15:37 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

HEART
BREAD
BASKET
MOUNTAIN

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

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

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • A mom asked Jesus to help her daughter. Who can you pray for?
  • Jesus cares about our hearts. How can you have a kind heart?

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Matthew 15 · Grade 1

Great Faith

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HEART
FAITH
HEAL
SEVEN

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

God looks at the heart.
The mother had great faith.
The blind could see.
Jesus had seven loaves.
Seven baskets were left over.

Put the Story in Order

Write the number 1 to 5 in each circle to show the right order.

God looks at the heart.

Jesus had seven loaves.

The mother had great faith.

The blind could see.

Seven baskets were left over.

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

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • A mom asked Jesus to help her daughter. Who can you pray for?
  • Jesus cares about our hearts. How can you have a kind heart?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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.

Matthew 15 · Grade 2

A Mother's Great Faith

Name Date

Read the Story

A mother came to Jesus. Her daughter was very sick. She cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord!"

The mother kept asking Jesus for help. She trusted that Jesus could help her daughter.

Jesus said, "Woman, great is your faith!" Her daughter was healed that same hour. Later Jesus fed four thousand people with seven loaves and a few fish!

Memory Verse

“Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.”

Matthew 15:28 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Who came to Jesus for help?

    A motherHer daughterIt was great

  2. Who was sick?

    SevenThat same hourHer daughter

  3. What did Jesus say about the mother's faith?

    It was greatSevenThat same hour

  4. When was the daughter healed?

    That same hourSevenA mother

  5. How many loaves did Jesus use to feed four thousand people?

    Her daughterSevenIt was great

Word Search

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

FAITHKUDAOVVOGHSMSRRHEARTRCAAEKSEVENKWMOTHERFCDAUGHTERIUBREADOUSDCHEALJKBTTPRAISE
  • DAUGHTER
  • PRAISE
  • MOTHER
  • HEART
  • FAITH
  • BREAD
  • SEVEN
  • HEAL

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 the heart. How can God give us clean hearts?
  • The woman kept asking Jesus with faith. Why should we keep praying?

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Matthew 15 · Grade 3

What Comes From the Heart

Name Date

Read the Story

Some Pharisees asked why Jesus' disciples did not wash their hands the special way their tradition said. Jesus answered that they were breaking God's commands to keep their own rules. He quoted Isaiah: these people honor God with their lips. But their heart is far from Him.

Jesus taught that food going into the mouth does not make a person unclean. What comes out of the heart does, like evil thoughts, lying and unkind words. God cares most about our hearts.

A Canaanite woman, who was not Jewish, begged Jesus to heal her daughter. She kept asking with humble faith. Jesus said, "Woman, great is your faith!" and her daughter was healed. Then Jesus healed many people on a mountain and fed four thousand men, besides women and children, with seven loaves and a few small fish.

Memory Verse

“‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”

Matthew 15:8 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did the Pharisees complain about?

  2. What did Isaiah say about people who honor God only with their lips?

  3. According to Jesus, what makes a person unclean?

  4. Why was the Canaanite woman's faith special?

  5. How many people did Jesus feed with seven loaves?

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 ask God to make you pure inside?
  • A mother from Canaan came to Jesus for her daughter. Who can you bring to Jesus in prayer?

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Matthew 15 · Grade 4

Lips and Hearts

Name Date

Read and Think

Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem. They accused Jesus' disciples of breaking the elders' tradition, because they did not wash their hands before eating. Jesus turned the question around. Their rule let people avoid caring for their parents. So their tradition cancelled God's command to honor father and mother.

Jesus quoted Isaiah: "These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." Then He explained that what enters the mouth goes into the stomach, but what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart. Evil thoughts and evil deeds come from the heart. They make a person unclean.

In the region of Tyre and Sidon, a Canaanite woman cried, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David!" She humbly kept asking, saying even the dogs eat crumbs from their masters' table. Jesus answered, "Woman, great is your faith!" Her daughter was healed from that hour. Later, Jesus healed great crowds and fed four thousand with seven loaves and a few fish.

Show What You Know

  1. How had the Pharisees' tradition cancelled God's command?

  2. What did Isaiah say about people's lips and hearts?

  3. Where do evil thoughts and actions come from, according to Jesus?

  4. What did the Canaanite woman's answer about crumbs show?

Think About It

  1. Is it possible to say the right things about God while our hearts are far from Him? How can we guard our hearts?

  2. The Canaanite woman kept asking. What does her example teach you about prayer?

Memory Verse

“But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.”

Matthew 15:18 (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 love God from the inside, not just by rules?
  • How can you welcome people from other places?

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Matthew 15 · Grade 5

Mercy for Outsiders

Name Date

Read and Think

Matthew 15 deals with what truly makes a person clean before God. The religious leaders focused on outward washing rules handed down by tradition. Jesus showed that their traditions sometimes overruled God's Word, and He called them hypocrites who honored God with their lips while their hearts were far away.

Jesus taught the crowd that defilement comes from within. The real problem is not dirty hands but sinful hearts. This prepares us for the gospel: we need more than better habits; we need new hearts that only God can give. Jesus even said every plant His Father had not planted would be uprooted, and that the Pharisees were blind guides.

Then Jesus traveled to Gentile territory. A Canaanite woman, from a people long counted as Israel's enemies, called Him "son of David" and pleaded for her daughter. Jesus at first said He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel, but her humble, persistent faith shone, and He healed her daughter. Afterward He fed four thousand in a mostly Gentile region, a sign that the bread of the Kingdom is for all nations.

Show What You Know

  1. What did the Pharisees focus on, and what did Jesus focus on?

  2. Why did Jesus call the Pharisees hypocrites?

  3. How does this chapter show our need for new hearts?

  4. What was surprising about the Canaanite woman calling Jesus son of David?

  5. What does the feeding of the four thousand in Gentile territory suggest?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Jesus said the mother's ____ was great.
  2. The mother's ____ was sick.

Down

  1. The Pharisees complained the disciples did not wash these.
  2. She came to Jesus for help for her daughter.
  3. How many loaves fed four thousand people.
  4. What comes out of it can make a person unclean.

Think About It

  1. What kinds of outward religion can people focus on today instead of the heart?

  2. Who might be considered an outsider in your world? How does Jesus' welcome of the Canaanite woman shape how you treat them?

Memory Verse

“Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.”

Matthew 15:28 (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.

  • Where are you tempted to look good outside while your thoughts stay unchanged?
  • How can you welcome people who are different from 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.