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Matthew 22 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Greatest Commandment

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.

PreschoolLove God and Others

Jesus teachingHeartPersontree

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

KindergartenLove God

HEART → picture 4COIN → picture 3KING → picture 2HOME → picture 1

Grade 1Two Great Commands

Love God with all your heart. → picture 5Love your neighbor. → picture 3Give to God what is God's. → picture 4A king had a wedding feast. → picture 1The first and great commandment → picture 2

Order:

1. A king had a wedding feast.2. Give to God what is God's.3. Love God with all your heart.4. The first and great commandment5. Love your neighbor.

Grade 2Love God and Others

  1. What did someone ask Jesus? Which is the greatest commandment
  2. Who should we love with all our heart? The Lord our God
  3. What is the first and great commandment? Love God with all your heart, soul and mind.
  4. What is the second command? Love your neighbor as yourself.
  5. How many great commands did Jesus name? Two
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Grade 3Give to God

  1. What happened when the invited guests would not come to the feast? The king invited everyone his servants could find on the roads.
  2. What does the wedding feast story teach? God invites all people to His Kingdom.
  3. Whose picture was on the coin? Caesar's
  4. What did Jesus say to give to God? The things that are God's
  5. What are the two greatest commands? Love God with all your heart, soul and mind; love your neighbor as yourself.
1: A king had a wedding feast.2: Give to God what is God's.3: Love God with all your heart.4: The first and great commandment5: Love your neighbor.

Grade 4Love Is the Center

  1. What does the wedding feast parable teach about God's invitation? It is open to everyone, but we must come on God's terms.
  2. How did Jesus answer the question about taxes? Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
  3. What did Jesus say the Sadducees did not know? The Scriptures or the power of God
  4. What are the two greatest commandments? Love God with all your heart, soul and mind; love your neighbor as yourself.

Word bank: 1. feast; 2. good; 3. Caesar; 4. image; 5. God

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

Grade 5Whose Image?

  1. What does the guest without a wedding garment represent? Someone who tries to come to God without the righteousness God provides (on his own terms)
  2. Why was the tax question meant as a trap? Answering yes could anger the people; answering no could get Him in trouble with Rome.
  3. How did Jesus' answer about the coin point deeper? The coin bears Caesar's image, but people bear God's image, so we belong wholly to God.
  4. How did Jesus prove the resurrection to the Sadducees? God said I am the God of Abraham, so He is the God of the living; the patriarchs live to Him.
  5. What did Jesus show from Psalm 110 about the Christ? He is David's son and also David's Lord, so He is more than a human king.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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