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Zechariah 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Kindness and Compassion

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.

PreschoolBe Kind

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

KindergartenKindness

TRUE → picture 4KIND → picture 3FAIR → picture 1HELP → picture 2

Grade 1Show Compassion

People ask about fasting. → picture 5Judge what is true. → picture 1Show kindness. → picture 4Help the widow. → picture 2They refused to listen. → picture 3

Order:

1. Should I weep in the fifth month2. Show kindness and compassion every man to his brother3. Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor

Grade 2Be Kind to Others

  1. Who did God's word come to? Zechariah (circle)
  2. What did the people ask about? Going without food (circle)
  3. What does God want us to be? Fair and kind (circle)
  4. Who should we help? Widows, children with no dad, people from other lands, and poor people
  5. What can we do that they did not? Listen to God (circle)
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Grade 3True Judgment

  1. When did Yahweh's word come to Zechariah? In the fourth year of King Darius
  2. What did the people of Bethel ask? Whether to keep weeping in the fifth month
  3. What did God ask about their fasting? Did you at all fast to me?
  4. What should they show every man to his brother? Kindness and compassion
  5. What did their fathers make hard? Their hearts
1: Should I weep in the fifth month2: Show kindness and compassion every man to his brother3: Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor
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Grade 4Show Kindness and Compassion

  1. What did the people of Bethel want to know? Whether to keep weeping and fasting in the fifth month
  2. What question did God ask about their fasting? Did you at all fast to me?
  3. Which four groups should not be oppressed? The widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, and the poor
  4. What did their fathers do with their hearts? Made them as hard as a diamond

Word bank: 1. God; 2. fast; 3. true; 4. listen

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

Grade 5Did You Fast to Me?

  1. What did the group from Bethel ask? Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself?
  2. What does God's question in verse 5 reveal? Their fasting may have been for themselves rather than for God.
  3. What does God require in verses 9-10? True judgment, kindness, compassion, and not oppressing the vulnerable
  4. What happened when earlier generations refused to listen? God scattered them among the nations, and the land became desolate.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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