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Zechariah 11 · Preschool
Color the shepherd with his two staffs caring for the sheep.
Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!
Thank You, God, for making me!
Read the verse aloud. Say: A good shepherd takes care of his sheep. God takes care of us like a good shepherd!
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Zechariah 11 · Kindergarten
Trace each word with your pencil.
Zechariah 11:12 (WEB)
Draw a line from each word to its picture.
Help find the way through the maze.
Draw a shepherd with two staffs.
Dear God, thank You for being my Good Shepherd. Help me . Amen.
For families: talk about these together.
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Zechariah 11 · Grade 1
Trace the words and the verse.
Zechariah 11:12 (WEB)
Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.
Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.
I took for myself two staffs
Throw it to the potter
I took my staff Favor and cut it apart
So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver
Draw a shepherd with two staffs.
Memory Verse
“I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.”
Zechariah 11:12 (WEB)
Dear God, thank You for being my Good Shepherd. Help me . Amen.
For families: talk about these together.
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Zechariah 11 · Grade 2
God told Zechariah to act like a shepherd. Some people did not care for the sheep. But Zechariah fed the flock.
He had two sticks called staffs. One was named Favor. One was named Union. A good shepherd takes care of the weak sheep. God is our good shepherd. He takes care of us.
Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.
What did God tell Zechariah to act like?
What did Zechariah feed?
How many staffs did he have?
What was one staff named?
Who is our good shepherd?
Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.
Dear God, thank You for being my Good Shepherd. Help me . Amen.
For families: talk about these together.
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Zechariah 11 · Grade 3
God told Zechariah to care for a flock. The owners of the flock did not pity the sheep. So Zechariah fed the flock, especially the oppressed ones.
He took two staffs. He called one Favor and the other Union. But the people did not want him. So he broke the staff called Favor.
Zechariah asked for his wages. They weighed out thirty pieces of silver. God said, throw it to the potter. Then Zechariah broke the staff called Union. God warned, woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock!
Which sheep did Zechariah care for especially?
What were the two staffs called?
Which staff did he break first?
How much were his wages?
Who does God warn?
Write what happened in each box.
Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.
Dear God, thank You for being my Good Shepherd. Help me . Amen.
For families: talk about these together.
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Zechariah 11 · Grade 4
Zechariah 11 is a story the prophet acts out. God says the flock is being mistreated by those who buy and sell it, and its own shepherds do not pity it. So Zechariah becomes a shepherd and feeds the flock, especially the oppressed of the flock.
He takes two staffs, naming one Favor and the other Union. But the flock grows weary of him, and he of them. He breaks the staff called Favor. The poor of the flock who listened knew this was Yahweh's word.
Zechariah asks for his wages, and they weigh out thirty pieces of silver. God says with irony, throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them! Zechariah throws it in the house of Yahweh, to the potter. Then he breaks Union. The chapter ends with a woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock. In the New Testament, Matthew 27:9-10 connects the thirty pieces of silver to Judas and the potter's field.
Which part of the flock did Zechariah feed especially?
What were the two staffs named?
What does God call the thirty pieces of silver?
Where does the New Testament connect the thirty pieces of silver to Judas?
Use the word bank to fill in each blank.
The people valued their shepherd at only thirty pieces of silver. How do people show what they truly value?
A worthless shepherd leaves the flock. How can you be faithful to people who depend on you?
Memory Verse
“So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor” and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.”
Zechariah 11:7 (WEB)
Dear God, thank You for being my Good Shepherd. Help me . Amen.
For families: talk about these together.
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Zechariah 11 · Grade 5
Zechariah 11 opens with a lament over fallen cedars and wailing shepherds, then turns to a symbolic action. God tells the prophet, feed the flock of slaughter. The flock's buyers mistreat it and go unpunished, its sellers say they are rich, and its own shepherds do not pity it. So Zechariah takes up the role of shepherd and feeds the flock, especially the oppressed of the flock.
He takes two staffs, one named Favor and the other Union. As the story unfolds, the flock rejects him, and he breaks Favor, showing that the covenant with the peoples was broken. The poor of the flock that listened knew that it was Yahweh's word. Zechariah then asks for his wages. They weigh out thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave in the law of Moses. God responds with irony: throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them! The insult to the shepherd is treated as an insult to God himself.
Zechariah throws the silver into the house of Yahweh, to the potter, and breaks his second staff, Union, ending the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. God then tells him to play a foolish shepherd who will not care for the lost or heal the broken. The chapter ends: woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! In the New Testament, Matthew 26:15 says Judas was paid thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus, and Matthew 27:9-10 says the silver bought the potter's field. Christians believe Jesus is the Good Shepherd who was rejected and valued cheaply.
Which part of the flock does Zechariah care for especially?
What does breaking Favor show?
Why is God's comment about the silver ironic?
What New Testament events connect to the thirty pieces of silver?
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The good shepherd cared especially for the oppressed of the flock. Who are the weak or overlooked people you can care for?
The people valued their shepherd at a slave's price. How do you show that you value Jesus highly?
Memory Verse
“So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor” and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.”
Zechariah 11:7 (WEB)
Dear God, thank You for being my Good Shepherd. Help me . Amen.
For families: talk about these together.
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.