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Matthew 21 · Preschool

Hosanna to the King!

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to Jesus on the donkey, the palm branches and the happy crowd.

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

Bible Verse

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Matthew 21:9 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Wave a pretend branch and shout Hosanna! together. Say: Jesus is our King!

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Matthew 21 · Kindergarten

Jesus Our King

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

KING
DONKEY
HOSANNA
PRAY
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Matthew 21:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

DONKEY
PALM
TEMPLE
KING

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Jesus Our King.

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 shout praise to Jesus?
  • How can you be gentle?

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Matthew 21 · Grade 1

Hosanna!

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HOSANNA
KING
DONKEY
PRAYER
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Matthew 21:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Jesus rode on a donkey.
People waved branches.
God's house is a house of prayer.
Children praised Jesus.
Jesus spoke to a fig tree.

Put the Story in Order

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

Children praised Jesus.

God's house is a house of prayer.

Jesus spoke to a fig tree.

People spread branches on the road.

Jesus rode on a donkey.

Draw your favorite part of the story: Jesus Our King.

Memory Verse

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Matthew 21:22 (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 praise Jesus?
  • How can you be gentle like Jesus?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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Matthew 21 · Grade 2

The King on a Donkey

Name Date

Read the Story

Jesus came to the city of Jerusalem. He rode on a little donkey.

Many people came to see Him. They put their coats and tree branches on the road.

The people shouted, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" They were praising Jesus as their King.

Memory Verse

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Matthew 21:9 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What city did Jesus come to?

    A donkeyHosannaJerusalem

  2. What animal did Jesus ride?

    JerusalemA donkeyJesus, their King

  3. What did people put on the road?

  4. What word did the people shout?

    JerusalemHosannaA donkey

  5. Who were the people praising?

    Jesus, their KingHosannaJerusalem

Word Search

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

MJJDONKEYLENOBUWOYKRWORSJHOIUSSAPWOHNSPANROSEGARVCAPABULAKHYTNOPEYLEELNSNMOLSRVAI
  • JERUSALEM
  • BRANCHES
  • HOSANNA
  • DONKEY
  • PRAYER
  • KING
  • PRAY

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus wanted the temple to be a house of prayer. How can you show respect at church?
  • The children praised Jesus. How can kids today praise Him?

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Matthew 21 · Grade 3

A House of Prayer

Name Date

Read the Story

Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, just as the prophet said: "behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey." Crowds spread coats and branches on the road and shouted, "Hosanna to the son of David!"

Jesus went into the temple. People were buying and selling there. Jesus turned over their tables. He said that Scripture calls God's house a house of prayer, but they had made it a den of robbers. Then blind and lame people came to Him, and He healed them. Children shouted, "Hosanna!"

The next morning Jesus taught His disciples about faith. He said, "All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." Later He told stories that warned the leaders, who did not believe in Him.

Memory Verse

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”

Matthew 21:13 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How did Jesus come into Jerusalem?

  2. What did the crowds shout?

  3. Why did Jesus turn over the tables in the temple?

  4. What did Jesus do for the blind and lame in the temple?

  5. What did Jesus teach about prayer?

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 cared about how people used the temple. How can you show respect at church?
  • How can you sing to Jesus this week?

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Matthew 21 · Grade 4

Behold, Your King

Name Date

Read and Think

As Jesus came near Jerusalem, He sent two disciples to bring a donkey and her colt. This fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy: "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey." Crowds spread their garments and branches on the road and shouted, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" The whole city asked, "Who is this?"

Jesus entered the temple and drove out those who bought and sold, overturning the tables of the money changers. He quoted Scripture: God's house is a house of prayer. Blind and lame people came, and He healed them. Children cried out praise, and Jesus said God had prepared praise from the mouths of children.

The chief priests and elders asked by what authority He did these things. Jesus told two parables. In one, a son said no to his father but later obeyed, while the other said yes but did not go. In the other, tenants of a vineyard beat the owner's servants and killed his son. Jesus warned that the leaders were rejecting God's Son, the stone the builders rejected.

Show What You Know

  1. What prophecy did Jesus fulfill by riding a donkey?

  2. What did the crowds shout?

  3. What did Jesus say God's house should be called?

  4. What is the point of the parable of the two sons?

Think About It

  1. The crowd shouted Hosanna, which means save us. How is Jesus a different kind of King than they expected?

  2. Jesus cleared the temple so it could be a house of prayer. What might need clearing out to make room for prayer in your life?

Memory Verse

“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Matthew 21:5 (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.

  • The fig tree had leaves but no fruit. What fruit should a follower of Jesus show?
  • Why did the leaders reject Jesus even after seeing His works?

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Matthew 21 · Grade 5

The Rejected Stone

Name Date

Read and Think

Matthew 21 opens the final week of Jesus' earthly ministry. His entry into Jerusalem is a royal arrival. By riding a donkey, He fulfills Zechariah 9:9 and presents Himself as Israel's humble, peaceful King. The crowds use words from Psalm 118, a psalm of pilgrims, to hail Him as the son of David.

His actions in the temple are prophetic. Overturning the money changers' tables, He cites Isaiah and Jeremiah: the house meant for prayer for all nations had become a den of robbers. Cursing the fruitless fig tree illustrates judgment on outward religion that bears no fruit, and it becomes a lesson in faith-filled prayer.

When the leaders challenge His authority, Jesus asks about John's baptism and exposes their unwillingness to commit. Two parables follow. The son who first refused but then obeyed represents tax collectors and sinners who repented; the son who said yes but did not go represents the leaders. In the parable of the wicked tenants, the owner finally sends his son, whom they kill. Quoting Psalm 118, Jesus says the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Show What You Know

  1. What does riding a donkey reveal about the kind of King Jesus is?

  2. What do the temple-clearing and fig tree have in common?

  3. Why did Jesus ask the leaders about John's baptism?

  4. Whom do the two sons represent?

  5. Who is the stone the builders rejected?

Crossword

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Across

  1. People put coats and tree ____ on the road.
  2. The city Jesus came to.
  3. The animal Jesus rode.

Down

  1. The people praised Jesus as their ____.
  2. God's house should be a house of ____.
  3. The word the people shouted.

Think About It

  1. How can people praise Jesus one day and reject Him days later? What does that teach us about real faith?

  2. In what ways can a person look fruitful on the outside but not really be following God?

Memory Verse

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 21:42 (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 good habits can people see in your life?
  • How can you stay open to Jesus when others turn away?
  • 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.