Zechariah 13 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: A Fountain for Cleansing
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.
PreschoolGod Hears Me
Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.
KindergartenA Clean Fountain
Grade 1Refined Like Silver
Order:
Grade 2You Are My People
- What will open one day? A fountain (circle)
- What will it wash away? Sin (circle)
- What will God take away? Idols (circle)
- Will God hear his people? Yes, God will hear them
- What will God say? It is my people (circle)
Grade 3They Will Call on My Name
- Who will the fountain be opened to? David's house and the people of Jerusalem
- What will the fountain wash away? Sin and uncleanness
- What will God cut off from the land? The names of the idols
- How will God refine his people? Like silver
- What will the people say? Yahweh is my God.
Grade 4A Fountain Opened
- What is the fountain opened for? Sin and uncleanness
- What does God promise about idols? He will cut off their names so they are remembered no more.
- Where does the New Testament use verse 7? Matthew 26:31
- What will God and his people say to each other? It is my people; Yahweh is my God.
Word bank: 1. God; 2. idols; 3. silver; 4. name; 5. people
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5Refined as Silver Is Refined
- What does the fountain in verse 1 provide? Cleansing for sin and for uncleanness
- What would false prophets do in that day? Be ashamed of their visions and claim to be farmers
- Which two New Testament books record Jesus quoting verse 7? Matthew and Mark
- How is the covenant restored in verse 9? God says, it is my people, and they say, Yahweh is my God.
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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