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Matthew 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Sermon on the Mount: Blessings and Light

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.

PreschoolLet Your Light Shine

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

KindergartenShine Like a Light

LAMP → picture 3HILL → picture 4HOUSE → picture 1LOVE → picture 2

Grade 1Jesus Teaches on the Mountain

Jesus taught on a mountain. → picture 3You are the light of the world. → picture 1A lamp gives light to the house. → picture 4Blessed are the peacemakers. → picture 5Love your enemies. → picture 2

Order:

1. Jesus taught on a mountain.2. Blessed are the peacemakers.3. You are the light of the world.4. A lamp gives light to the house.5. Love your enemies.

Grade 2Light of the World

  1. Where did Jesus go to teach? Up on a mountain
  2. Who does God bless? Name one. The gentle, the kind (merciful), the pure in heart, peacemakers (any one)
  3. What did Jesus say we are? The light of the world
  4. Where do people put a lamp? Where it can shine (on a stand), not hidden
  5. How can we shine? By doing good works so people praise God
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Grade 3The Blessed Life

  1. What are Jesus' blessings at the start of this sermon called? The Beatitudes
  2. What will peacemakers be called? Children of God
  3. What two things did Jesus say His followers are like? Salt and light
  4. Why should we let our good works shine? So others will glorify (praise) our Father in heaven
  5. What did Jesus say to do for our enemies? Love them and pray for them
1: Jesus taught on a mountain.2: Blessed are the peacemakers.3: You are the light of the world.4: A lamp gives light to the house.5: Love your enemies.

Grade 4Upside-Down Blessings

  1. List three groups Jesus called blessed. Any three: poor in spirit, those who mourn, the gentle, those who hunger for righteousness, merciful, pure in heart, peacemakers, the persecuted
  2. What are the two pictures Jesus used for His followers? Salt of the earth and light of the world
  3. What did Jesus say about the Law? He came not to destroy it but to fulfill it.
  4. How did Jesus say to treat enemies? Love them and pray for those who persecute you.

Word bank: 1. blessed; 2. gentle; 3. merciful; 4. salt; 5. light

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

Grade 5Righteousness of the Heart

  1. How is Jesus on the mountain like Moses? Moses received and gave God's Law on a mountain; Jesus teaches God's people on a mountain.
  2. What did Jesus say about the righteousness of His followers compared to the Pharisees? It must exceed (go beyond) theirs.
  3. What pattern does Jesus repeat six times? You have heard that it was said... but I tell you
  4. According to Jesus, where do murder and adultery begin? In the heart: with anger and with lust
  5. Why should God's children love their enemies? Because the Father is kind to all, sending sun and rain on the good and the evil, and His children should be like Him.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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