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STORY 1: Growing up.
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READ:
Luke 2: 39-52

When Jesus was twelve years old He went, with His parents, to a big city called
KEY VERSE:
Luke 2: 52
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Luke’s
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Jerusalem. There was a special feast there called the Feast of the Passover.
When it was time to go home, instead of leaving with His parents, Jesus stayed
behind in Jerusalem.

Q: Use the words below to complete the sentence.

Passover Jerusalem twelve

When Jesus was _______________ years old He went to celebrate the

Feast of the _______________ in the city of _______________. /6

Jesus’ parents began their journey back
home thinking that Jesus was travelling
with some of His friends. It was the
next day before they realised that Jesus
was missing. When they discovered that
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He was missing, they asked all the
people they were travelling with, if they
had seen Him, but nobody knew where
He was. Mary and Joseph went back to
Jerusalem to look for Him. Three days
later they found Him in the Temple.

Q: Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following sentences:-

Jesus was travelling home with some of His friends. __________

Jesus’ parents found Him after two days. __________

Jesus’ parents found Him in the Temple. __________ /6

Jesus was sitting in the middle of a group of religious people in the Temple, listening to them
and asking them questions. They were all amazed at how much Jesus knew and understood.

Q: What was Jesus doing when His parents found Him? Circle the correct answer.

Singing Playing Listening and asking questions /3

Mary had been so worried about losing Jesus that she said to Him “Why did You do this? Did
You not know that we would be looking for You?” Jesus replied, “Why were you looking for
Me? You should have known I was doing My Father’s work.”

Q: Colour in each square which has a dot to find out who Jesus was talking about
when He said “My Father”.

n n n n n n n

n n n n n n

n n n n n

n n n n n n n

n n n n n n

n n n n n n n /3

The Lord Jesus was talking about His Father in Heaven but Mary and Joseph did not
understand what He was saying.

After this the Lord Jesus went back home to Nazareth with Mary and Joseph. In Nazareth,
Jesus continued to grow and was always obedient to His parents. As well as being obedient to
His parents on earth, Jesus was always obedient to God, His Father in Heaven.

Q: Colour in the words.

Like Jesus we should always be

Obedient to our
parents and to
God. /2

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from the Gospel of Luke

STORY 2: A Voice from Heaven.

KEY VERSE:
READ: Luke 3: 22
Luke 3: 1-8, Ask someone to help
21-23 you find this verse

When Jesus was grown up He met with His cousin.

Q: Write down the first letter of each word to discover the name of Jesus’
cousin.

/4

Many people followed Jesus’ cousin, John, to hear what he had to say. John preached
to all the people who were in the area around the River Jordan. John told the people
that they needed to repent of all the bad things they had done and to have their sins
forgiven. If the people were truly sorry for what they had done, John baptised them
in the river, as a sign that they wanted to change their lives. John was trying to
prepare the people for the time when Jesus would come.

Q: Put the answers to these questions in the Crossword.

Across
1. What was the name of Jesus’ cousin? 1

3. What did John tell the people they

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needed to do? R_ _ _ _ _.
4. What did the people need to have 3
forgiven?

Down
1. Where did John baptise the people?
The River _ _ _ _ _ _
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2. Who was John preparing the people
for?

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 One day, when John was
baptising people in the River
Jordan, Jesus came along.
John baptised Jesus too.
Jesus did not need to repent
of His sins because He was
the only person who had
never done anything wrong.
In a very special way, God
showed that He was pleased
with His Son.

Colour the picture.

Q: Fill in the missing letters to complete the sentence.

J __ __ __ baptised J __ __ __ __ in the River J __ __ __ __ __.

/3

As John was baptising Jesus the heavens opened. A shape like a dove came down on Jesus’
shoulders and there was a loud voice from Heaven. The voice said “You are My beloved Son; in
You I am well pleased.”

Q: Colour the words, which God said to His Son, the Lord Jesus.

“You are My
beloved Son; in
You I am well
pleased.”
Luke 3: 22 /3
Jesus was thirty years old at this time and it was after this that Jesus began to teach and to
heal the people.

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STORY 3: Saying “No.”

KEY VERSE:
READ: Hebrews 4: 15
Luke 4: 1-13 Ask someone to help
you find this verse

Have you ever wanted to do

something wrong? Maybe you have
wanted to take something that
wasn’t yours or maybe you have
wanted to tell somebody a lie.
When we get the feeling we want
to do something wrong, this is
called being tempted. Jesus knew
what it was like to be tempted,
though He never did anything
wrong.

Just after Jesus had been baptised

He went into the desert. He spent
forty days there and during this
time He was tempted by the devil.

Colour the picture.

Q: Where did Jesus go after He had been baptised?

Into the d __ __ __ __ __.

Q: How many days was Jesus in the desert?

F __ __ __ __ days. /4
Jesus was very hungry because He hadn’t eaten anything the whole time He was in
the desert. The devil knew that Jesus was hungry and so he tempted Him and tried to
make Him turn stones into bread.

Q: Unjumble the red words below to complete the sentence.

The vlide __ __ __ __ __ tempted sueJs __ __ __ __ __ to turn

snetos __ __ __ __ __ __ into rebda __ __ __ __ __. /4

Next, the devil tempted the Lord Jesus to worship Him. He showed Jesus all the
places in the world and told Jesus that if He wanted to be the ruler of them all, then
He must worship him.
The devil tempted Jesus a third time. He brought Him to the top of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The devil told Jesus that if He really was the Son of God then He could let Himself fall from
the top of the Temple and angels would protect Him.

Q: Fill in the missing letters to complete the sentence.

The devil tempted the Lord Jesus to w __ __ __ __ __ __ him.

The devil tempted Jesus to f __ __ __ from the T __ __ __ __ __. /3

Jesus was tempted by the devil many times, but He never did what the devil wanted Him to.
Instead He used words from the Bible to show that He was going to obey God, His Father in
Heaven.

Q: Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following sentences.

Jesus was tempted by the devil.

Jesus always did what the devil told Him.

Jesus always obeyed God. /6

The Key Verse tells us that Jesus was tempted, just like we are, but that He never sinned. Just
like Jesus did, we should always say “no” when we are tempted to do things that are wrong.
Sometimes it is difficult but God can help us.

Q: Cross out the wrong answers - How many times did Jesus sin?

Once Never Many times /3

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STORY 4: Helping others.

KEY VERSE:
READ: Mark 10: 45
Luke 4: 14-22 Ask someone to help
you find this verse

After Jesus was baptised, many people heard about Him. He was beginning to become
well known. After Jesus had spent some time teaching in the synagogues in Galilee,
He returned to Nazareth, the town where He had grown up.

On a special day, the Sabbath, Jesus went into the synagogue (a building like a
church). He stood up to read and was handed the book of Isaiah, which is part of the
Bible.

Q: Draw a line to match the answers to the questions.

What town did Jesus grow up in? Isaiah

Where did Jesus go on the Sabbath? Nazareth

What part of the Bible did Jesus read from? The Synagogue /3
Jesus read a Bible passage that spoke about Himself and some of the wonderful things
that He would do to help people whilst He was living on earth. It explained that
Jesus would preach good news, heal people, and set people free.

Q: In the Word Search find some things that Jesus would do to help people.
(The answers are down and across)

W R G H G O L C
Preach M S A D O F H J
Heal H E A L O K L P
O T Y T D R E W
Set Free
M F N B N V C Z
Good news
L R P R E A C H
K E J H W G F D
S E A P S O T R /8
 level 2 After this Jesus
went on to do many
amazing things.
Can you think of
any of the things
that Jesus did to
help people?

Draw a picture of
a time when Jesus
helped people.

/4
The Key Verse explains that Jesus came to the world to help and to save
other people, not to be served or looked after.

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and
to give His life a ransom for many.” Mark 10: 45

Q: Why had Jesus come to earth?

To s __ __ __ __ and to __ __ __ __ His __ __ __ __ a

ransom for many. (Ransom means He was going to die for us.) /3

After Jesus had read in the synagogue, He tried to explain to the people
that He was the Son of God who had come to save them but the people
did not understand the things that He was saying to them.

Q: Who was Jesus?

/2
The S __ __ of G__ __.

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