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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

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

KindergartenA Clean Fountain

WATER → picture 3CLEAN → picture 1CALL → picture 4MINE → picture 2

Grade 1Refined Like Silver

A fountain opens. → picture 4Idols are removed. → picture 3God's people say, Yahweh is my God. → picture 1Silver is refined in fire. → picture 5They call on God's name. → picture 2

Order:

1. In that day there will be a fountain opened2. I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land3. They will call on my name, and I will hear them

Grade 2You Are My People

  1. What will open one day? A fountain (circle)
  2. What will it wash away? Sin (circle)
  3. What will God take away? Idols (circle)
  4. Will God hear his people? Yes, God will hear them
  5. What will God say? It is my people (circle)
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Grade 3They Will Call on My Name

  1. Who will the fountain be opened to? David's house and the people of Jerusalem
  2. What will the fountain wash away? Sin and uncleanness
  3. What will God cut off from the land? The names of the idols
  4. How will God refine his people? Like silver
  5. What will the people say? Yahweh is my God.
1: In that day there will be a fountain opened2: I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land3: They will call on my name, and I will hear them
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Grade 4A Fountain Opened

  1. What is the fountain opened for? Sin and uncleanness
  2. What does God promise about idols? He will cut off their names so they are remembered no more.
  3. Where does the New Testament use verse 7? Matthew 26:31
  4. 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

  1. What does the fountain in verse 1 provide? Cleansing for sin and for uncleanness
  2. What would false prophets do in that day? Be ashamed of their visions and claim to be farmers
  3. Which two New Testament books record Jesus quoting verse 7? Matthew and Mark
  4. How is the covenant restored in verse 9? God says, it is my people, and they say, Yahweh is my God.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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