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Matthew 26 · Preschool

Jesus Shares the Bread

Name Date

Color the picture. Point to Jesus, the bread, the cup and the disciples at the table.

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

Bible Verse

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

Matthew 26:26 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Jesus shared a special meal with His friends. He loves us so much! Thank Jesus for His love.

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Matthew 26 · Kindergarten

Jesus Prays

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

BREAD
CUP
PRAY
LOVE
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

BREAD
CUP
PRAY
ROOSTER

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of the story: Jesus Prays.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What meal do you like with family?
  • Jesus prayed when He was sad. How can you pray when you are sad?

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Matthew 26 · Grade 1

Watch and Pray

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

SUPPER
BREAD
PRAY
GARDEN
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

A woman poured perfume on Jesus.
Jesus broke the bread.
Jesus gave thanks for the cup.
Jesus prayed in the garden.
The rooster crowed.

Put the Story in Order

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

Jesus broke the bread.

A woman poured ointment on Jesus.

Jesus gave thanks for the cup.

Jesus prayed at Gethsemane.

The rooster crowed.

Draw your favorite part of the story: Jesus Prays.

Memory Verse

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What do you like to do with your family at the table?
  • What can you do when you are sad?
  • What would you like to say to God about this story?

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Matthew 26 · Grade 2

A Special Supper

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Read the Story

Jesus ate a special meal with His disciples. It was the Passover supper.

Jesus took bread. He gave thanks and broke it. He gave it to His friends.

Then Jesus took a cup. He gave thanks and gave it to them. Jesus wanted them to remember that He would give His life for them. Later, Jesus went to a garden to pray to His Father.

Memory Verse

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

Matthew 26:26 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Who ate the special meal with Jesus?

    The PassoverHis disciplesA cup

  2. What was the special supper called?

    His disciplesA cupThe Passover

  3. What did Jesus do with the bread?

  4. What else did Jesus give thanks for?

    A cupThe PassoverA garden

  5. Where did Jesus go to pray?

    His disciplesA gardenA cup

Word Search

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

VPSKNECPEVAUBPMURHHSPWRWPAIRSPTKERYPTOEYHVARLUVRROIGDOSESJYGRCVORWIMVJTEOINTMENTY
  • PASSOVER
  • OINTMENT
  • SUPPER
  • THIRTY
  • BREAD
  • PRAY
  • LOVE
  • CUP

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus prayed, Your will be done. What does that mean?
  • Peter said he did not know Jesus. How do you think Jesus felt about Peter later?

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Matthew 26 · Grade 3

Not My Will, but Yours

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Read the Story

A woman poured very costly perfume on Jesus' head. Some disciples said it was a waste. But Jesus said she had done a beautiful thing. Then Judas, one of the twelve, went to the leaders. He agreed to hand Jesus over to them for thirty pieces of silver.

At the Passover supper, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it. He said, "Take, eat; this is my body." He took the cup and said it was His blood of the new covenant, poured out for the forgiveness of sins.

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was very sad. He prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire." Then Judas came with a crowd, and they arrested Jesus. That night Peter said three times that he did not know Jesus. When the rooster crowed, Peter remembered and wept.

Memory Verse

He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

Matthew 26:39 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did Jesus say about the woman who poured perfume on Him?

  2. What did Judas agree to do?

  3. What did Jesus say about the bread?

  4. What did Jesus pray in the garden?

  5. What did Peter do three times?

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 say yes to God's plan?
  • Peter said he did not know Jesus. How do you think Jesus felt about Peter later?

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Matthew 26 · Grade 4

The Night Before the Cross

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Read and Think

Two days before the Passover, the chief priests and elders plotted to arrest Jesus. In Bethany, a woman poured very expensive perfume on His head. The disciples complained about the waste, but Jesus said she had prepared His body for burial and that her act would be remembered wherever the gospel is preached. Then Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and agreed to betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.

During the Passover meal, Jesus said one of the twelve would betray Him. He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." Taking the cup, He said, "this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins." Christians remember this meal in the Lord's Supper.

In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed three times, "not what I desire, but what you desire," while His disciples kept falling asleep. Judas arrived with a crowd and betrayed Him with a kiss. The disciples fled. At the high priest's house, Jesus declared He was the Christ, the Son of God. Outside, Peter denied knowing Him three times, and when the rooster crowed, he went out and wept bitterly.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Jesus defend the woman who poured perfume on Him?

  2. What did Jesus say the cup represented?

  3. What did Jesus pray in Gethsemane?

  4. What did Peter do after the rooster crowed?

Think About It

  1. Jesus chose His Father's will even when it was very hard. When might you need to pray, not what I desire, but what you desire?

  2. Peter failed badly, but his story did not end there. What hope does that give you when you fail?

Memory Verse

“for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.”

Matthew 26:28 (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.

  • Why is the Lord's Supper so important for Christians?
  • When is obeying God hard for you?

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Matthew 26 · Grade 5

The New Covenant

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Read and Think

Matthew 26 begins the passion narrative, the account of Jesus' suffering. The plot of the leaders and the betrayal by Judas are set against the extravagant devotion of the woman at Bethany. Judas sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave, fulfilling what the prophets foretold (Zechariah 11; Matthew 27:9). The woman gave lavishly; Judas betrayed cheaply.

At the Passover, which remembered Israel's rescue from Egypt by the blood of a lamb, Jesus revealed the meaning of His death. The bread is His body given; the cup is His blood of the new covenant, the covenant promised in Jeremiah 31 in which God forgives sin and writes His law on hearts. Jesus is the true Passover Lamb, whose death brings forgiveness. He also promised to drink it new in His Father's Kingdom.

In Gethsemane, the Son wrestled in prayer, sorrowful even to death, and submitted to the Father's will: the "cup" of suffering and wrath against sin. His disciples slept. At His arrest He refused to resist, saying Scripture must be fulfilled. Before the Sanhedrin, Jesus declared He would be seen at God's right hand, coming on the clouds. Peter's three denials, foretold by Jesus, contrast with Jesus' faithful confession.

Show What You Know

  1. How does the woman at Bethany contrast with Judas?

  2. What did the original Passover remember?

  3. What is the new covenant, and where was it promised?

  4. What was the cup Jesus prayed about in Gethsemane?

  5. How does Peter's behavior contrast with Jesus' at the trials?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Jesus also gave thanks for a ____.
  2. The place where Jesus went to pray.
  3. A woman poured costly ____ on Jesus.

Down

  1. The special supper Jesus ate with His disciples.
  2. Jesus gave thanks and broke it.
  3. Judas agreed to ____ pieces of silver.

Think About It

  1. How does understanding Jesus as the Passover Lamb deepen the meaning of the Lord's Supper?

  2. Jesus knew what was coming and still went forward. What does this show you about His love?

Memory Verse

“for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.”

Matthew 26:28 (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.

  • Why is the Lord's Supper so important for Christians?
  • Jesus chose the Father's will even when it was hard. When is obeying God hard for you?
  • What is one specific way you could live out this chapter this week?

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