Obedience is shown through actions, not just words. That's the point of Jesus' parable of the Two Sons found in Matthew 21:23-32. “I’ll believe it when I see it…” This is an oft-quoted maxim that reminds us how important it is to follow through on promises. It can be easy to “talk a big game” or proclaim that we love the Lord. Its another thing to live out those words and do what we say. In this Gospel lesson, Jesus assures us that He has authority to speak with the words of God Himself. He also reminds us that we can rely on Him to do what He promises.

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Jesus schooled the religious leaders using the Parable of Two Sons and there is a message for each of us today. Sunday School Lesson

Obedience is shown through actions, not just words. That's the point of Jesus' parable of the Two Sons found in Matthew 21:23-32. “I’ll believe it when I see it…” This is an oft-quoted maxim that reminds us how important it is to follow through on promises. It can be easy to “talk a big game” or proclaim that we love the Lord. Its another thing to live out those words and do what we say. In this Gospel lesson, Jesus assures us that He has authority to speak with the words of God Himself. He also reminds us that we can rely on Him to do what He promises.

Games for kids to play for Jesus' Parable of the Two Sons (Matthew 21). A selection to suit any setup. Supporting material available.

VERSES: Matthew 21:28-32 MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 21:31 "Which of the two did the will of his father?..." BOOK TO REMEMBER: Prove...

Forgiveness “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” – Matthew 6:14 Adding onto my character series, I am focusing on teaching kids about forgiveness through this parable of the lost son craft. The “Parable of the Lost Son” is also called the “Parable of the Prodigal Son,” and it...Read More

The two sons both changed their minds in Jesus's parable from Matthew 21. Make your own thumbs up or thumbs down. pdf download. supporting materials avalible.

Theme: Faithfulness in our service to God and to others. Objects: A rake and some trash bags

Forgiveness “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” – Matthew 6:14 Adding onto my character series, I am focusing on teaching kids about forgiveness through this parable of the lost son craft. The “Parable of the Lost Son” is also called the “Parable of the Prodigal Son,” and it...Read More

Character resources for the kidmin lesson about the parable of the tow sons who change their mind. Graphics, colouring pages, and a take home card.

Forgiveness “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” – Matthew 6:14 Adding onto my character series, I am focusing on teaching kids about forgiveness through this parable of the lost son craft. The “Parable of the Lost Son” is also called the “Parable of the Prodigal Son,” and it...Read More

A great way to understand the parables is to think of them as earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. Here are four parables of Jesus all believers should know.

Theme: Faithfulness in our service to God and to others. Objects: A rake and some trash bags

This continues our series learning about Jesus. This is week 11 in the fourth quarter of a year of Preschool Bible Study that I assist wi...

The Parables of Jesus { The Two Sons } This FREE pack comes with a cover page. Inside you'll find cursive handwriting pages for the passage, a scripture reference and pocket, what it means and writing paper { accordion fold up book }. Print the handwriting pages back to back. Reference card. Handwriting pages. Accordion book for writing about what the parable means. Just click the cover below to download this pack. Thanks for visiting.

Thanks to Jeanne Dickson for sharing these songs! This song is about the Parable of the Prodigal Son and it's a great song! The download has the standard color flipchart and the one-page black & white song printables. Click here to download. I found one verse for this song here and obtained permission to adapt and share it here since the author is unknown. Let me know if you are the author. The kids loved this! It is easy for them to learn. Click here to download it. Or, see this song here. This Interactive Piggy Shape Book is so cute! It was designed by Jeanne Dickson and she gave permission to recreate it and share here. Thanks so much Jeanne! The front and back cover can be printed in color or black & white. The inside pages are black & white only. The last page has directions and includes notes from Jeanne to add stickers for each page to make it interactive and fun! Click here to download the Interactive Piggy Book. Copy cat Lost Sheep and Lost Coin Interactive Shape Books are coming in August! Click here August 6th to see them. Click to see the preschool lesson and printables. Click here to see the early elementary lesson and printables.

The two sons both changed their minds in Jesus's parable from Matthew 21. Make your own thumbs up or thumbs down. pdf download. supporting materials avalible.

Have you ever wondered if STEM and Bible stories can be combined? Well, the answer is YES. Try my The Parable of the Prodigal Son STEM Challenge and see how fun and engaging the study of Bible stories can be when combined with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)! I created this Bible Stories STEM Challenge Parables of Jesus Prodigal Son Sunday School Lesson especially for our church's Vacation Bible School and it was a hit among students of all ages. Kid-tested, I'm pretty sure your Sunday School students or even homeschoolers will really enjoy this The Parable of the Prodigal Son Bible STEM Activity! This resource contains the following: Lesson Plan Ideas for STEAM Links Next Generation Science Standards Bible Story Vocabulary Beginning, Middle, End Interactive Notebook Sheet Character Profile Interactive Notebook Sheets STEM Vocabulary Bible Story STEM Challenge Task Cards Suggested Materials Possible Finished Product Planning and Reflection Sheet Lessons Learned Interactive Notebook Sheet Sheet with Alternative Spelling (UK/Australia/Canada) Note: Please see the PREVIEW to have a better idea of what's inside this STEM Challenge. ❤️This resource is a part of this amazing BIBLE STORIES STEM BUNDLE!❤️ May you find this resource really helpful. Thanks for being a blessing! Save more on great resources! Click here to shop now ---> Jewel's School Gems Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺

Help your students learn the meaning of the Parable of the Prodigal Son with this skit script.

This post is for Day 2 of our Parables of Jesus VBS and The Prodigal Son is found in Luke 15:11-32. We are making everything ourselves. I will try to post as many of the ideas as I can. This post just has my classroom. I will start with the decorations I did for my classroom. We will have grades 1-4 in our room, and with so many kids, we take out all the tables and sit on the floor. And it also makes room for our review activity. This is most of a wall, and I needed it to the floor so I can add the wood pigs in front of it and add dimension. The brown barn is just a rectangle with Sharpie marker lines, a black door and the window. The small pigs were printed onto cardstock, and everything else was drawn with an overhead projector. The sun was also printed and has the daily lesson theme on it. We purchased a piece of 2' x 4' x 3/8" wood and I used the overhead projector to draw the pigs. My husband cut them out, sanded them and I painted them. I used several different graphics to paint them, since I wanted pink pigs and couldn't get them to look like I wanted them to. You can see I cut the tail off, and my husband drilled a super small hole and I wound a pink pipe cleaner into a coil and used Gorilla Glue to glue the tail into the drilled hole. This shows the wood pigs sitting in front of the Prodigal Son wall. It adds a cute pop! This is close-ups of the bulletin board. You can see the son sitting on a tree stump. He was drawn out onto poster board with the overhead projector, then painted. I outlined everything with a Sharpie once the paint was dry. The tree stump and the water trough are brown bulletin board paper. The fence is White Picket Fence by Teachers Friend (TF-3300). I already had it, so it was easy to add it! I printed the pigs onto pink cardstock, cut them out and painted the feet. Then, I let my grandkids paint the mud on them! That was fun! I asked Wendy if I could have some hay (whatever) for this wall. She gave several reasons not to use the real stuff and suggested this: Raffia! So, I found the raffia skirts at Dollar Tree. I pushed all the raffia to the center of the string, stapled the center to the board, and just haphazardly stapled the rest to look like the pigs had been in it. For the trees, I used the overhead projector to draw the top part onto a piece of poster board. I used brown bulletin board paper for the tree trunks. I painted the top of the tree, and I used a Sharpie for the outlines and borders when the paint dried. For the Prodigal Son sign, I drew it using the overhead projector, and painted the letters. I outlined the letters with a Sharpie once the paint dried. After I cut it out, I used my scrapbook stamp pads to add the edging. Click to print the overhead printables. Click to print the pigs and sun. We have 20 minutes to teach and review our lesson. The kids rotate to 4 different activities for 20 minutes each. They have the Bible lesson, Paul's Theater where they watch the lesson as a play, they have a craft time, and their food time. The Elders say there's no excuse not to come because you can even get a meal! When the kids are done eating, they see a puppet reenactment. The kids practice puppets for Lads To Leaders (L2L), so why not use those skills for our kids? Click on the picture above to print the lesson I used for grades 1 & 2. Click to print the lesson for grades 3 & 4 that Lindsey used and is letting me share with you here. This set of visuals have been updated as shown. The 'cloud' effect has been removed and background has been cleaned up. All the visuals are not shown and all available Sweet visuals for this lesson are included. Click here to download the updated visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Paulette began our session with greetings, what is a parable, and things that we do that God doesn't like, but God forgives. She decided to include that God forgives bad choices, and what is bad choices. You can let them answer or talk about several yourself. And we also discussed 'What does forgive mean'? It means to excuse or pardon someone that does something wrong. That is the theme, or main point for tonight. I teach the lesson, and today Ramona handed out these money bags when I began. I use these for a LOT of lessons, and the kids LOVE them! I buy the bags on eBay from Hong Kong, so I keep them in my stash of goodies for class! The paper money is found at Dollar General, and the coins are from www.OrientalTrading.com and Party City. At the end of the lesson, Ramona handed out the plastic smiley rings from www.OrientalTrading.com Paulette decided on a relay race for the reinforcement game today. So much fun for the kids to be able to get up and run and have fun! And learn about the Bible at the same time! We divided the kids into 2 teams. There was red tape for stop by the table, and green strips on the other side of the room for go. Everyone stood by the green tape, and one person from each team would run to table, do the job, and run back to the rest of their team. The first person had to put 'pig' food into the little cups you see (cereal with a little water added), and the Fisher Price pigs pretended to eat it. The son had to feed the pigs first, then he went home, and his father gave him a robe (next person put on a robe), a ring (next person puts on the ring), sandals, (next person puts on shoes). Then there was a feast. The next person puts the food on the plate. There was a big celebration, so they all blew up balloons and, if there's time, they can bounce them around. Paulette found the general idea on Pinterest (sorry, I don't know where), but made several modifications to suit us. I purchased the Jesus Standup at Oriental Trading. I am moving Him each night to be by the Parable that we are discussing. I want the kids to remember that Jesus is the One telling the Parables. Click to find the PHOTO visuals that I used. (I am not permitted to add them here, so just use the search bar to find them. I didn't use all that they have available (I used 4).) Click on the above picture to see the main foyer and hall decorations, and the links for all four Parables of Jesus VBS classroom decorations, lessons, games & more.

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Forgiveness “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” – Matthew 6:14 Adding onto my character series, I am focusing on teaching kids about forgiveness through this parable of the lost son craft. The “Parable of the Lost Son” is also called the “Parable of the Prodigal Son,” and it...Read More

Looking for an activity about the different parables of Jesus? Look no further than The Parables Bundle Activity Placemats! This printable activity is designed for home, daycare or Sunday school use. There are 9 activities for each of the following parables: - The Good Samaritan - The Prodigal Son - Parable of the Great Banquet - Parable of the Sower - Parable of the Unforgiving Servant - Parable of the Lost Coin - Parable of the Talents - Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders - Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins Simply print the templates, let your little ones learn and get busy. What are you getting: - As soon as you purchase you'll get access to a digital file in ZIP format that contains 9 PDF files sized at 8.5" x 11". You can print it at home or send it to a copy store. - No physical product will be shipped. How to use: - Download your file from Etsy - Print the pages, cut and have fun! NOTE: - This is a DIGITAL PRODUCT. - No refunds on digital product. - This memory game printable is ONLY for personal use. No commercial use allowed. Thank you for supporting my small business! Credit: Graphics by Educlips

There is so much to learn from this parable! Today's lesson is a parable that Jesus told the people. A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 There was a man that had 2 sons. The younger son told his father that he wanted his part of the inheritance and the father divided what he had and gave part to the son. A couple days later, the younger son packed up his belongings and traveled to a country far away. And he wasted what he had with extravagant living. He partied, spent time with women and wasted his money. After he had spent all the money that his father had given him, a severe famine came to the land. This means there was a food shortage, and now he doesn’t have money or food to take care of himself. He went to work for someone in that country and he was sent into the fields to feed the pigs. He was so hungry, he would have gladly eaten the pig's food, but no one gave him any food. He thought to himself…My father has servants, and they have bread to spare, and here I am hungry! He decided he would go home to his father and tell him: “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.” I’m not even worthy to be called your son! Make me one of your servants. He made the journey back to his father. When he was far away, his father saw him and had sympathy for him. His father ran and kissed him! He told his father that he has sinned and “I’m not worthy to be called your son.” BUT the father told his servants to bring out the best robe and put it on him…put a ring on his hand…and sandals on his feet. He told them to bring the fatted calf and let us eat and be happy! My son was dead and now he is alive! He was lost and now he is found! The older son was in the field and as he came to the house, heard the music and asked a servant what was going on. He told him that his brother has returned home. He is safe and sound and your father is having a celebration. Well, he was angry, and he wouldn’t go in the house. His father came out to see him and pleaded with him. He told his father that he has stayed home and helped him, and his father hasn’t ever had a celebration for him and his friends! But as soon as my brother comes back, who has wasted all his money, now you serve a great meal for him. His father told him that yes, he was always there for him, and everything that he had, would be his. But it is right to be happy, because his brother was dead, and is now alive. He was lost and now he is found. In this parable, Jesus is telling us that when we are sinners and are doing things with our money and friends that God doesn’t like it's like we have left Him, like the son that left home. We are lost, but when you decide to change your life, you go back to the Father, who is God in heaven. You ask for forgiveness of what you did wrong. God is always happy when we come back to Him! Jesus loves us, and He will welcome us just like the son was welcomed back home by his father. I covered Ken up with brown fabric, painted 'dirt' on him, and then cut the fabric edges to look ragged. I almost always have something on the table for the students to pick up when they come into the class. It can be the project for the lesson, or a take home item that I can work into the lesson. Today, there are pigs and money bags. The dirty white pigs were at Dollar Tree last year, I haven't seen them again... I have been looking! The pink pigs are banks and I found them at Target Dollar Spot. The money bags are really cheap on eBay, the coins are at Party City. Updated links: I have pigs for a handout for the prodigal son. I find ceramic pigs at Hobby Lobby and rubber pigs at Dollar Tree. These plastic pigs are cute and more budget friendly. Click here to download poster. You can print the worksheet here. This set of visuals have been updated as shown. The 'cloud' effect has been removed and background has been cleaned up. All the visuals are not shown and all available Sweet visuals for this lesson are included. Click here to download the updated visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Bible Verse: Luke 15:24 There are 3 printables for the Prodigal Son lapbook. You can print them here: Son Work Home This is the printable for today's lesson. The students will cut out the son and the pigs and glue them onto the workbook page. You can print it here. You can find all the download links for the Life of Jesus lapbooks and the lapbook worksheets here. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.

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In the Parable of the Prodigal Son lesson plan your students will learn the story and be able to make personal connections between the parable and their lives.

This Parable of the Prodigal Son Bible study is perfect for any youth group. It includes games, study pages, and worksheets that are perfect for use at home or in church. Your teens will love learning about this important Bible story!

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Use this Parable of the Sower craft to review Jesus's parable of the sower! INCLUDED IN YOUR PURCHASE: You will receive (1) PDF that includes instructions to print and create this craft. Parable of the Sower Craft is included in the Parables of Jesus Study Kit. This PDF is for personal use within your home or individual Bible class or classroom. Not for use within an entire church, school, or other organization.

This fun Bible Story craft of the Prodigal Son is a great way to teach your children or Sunday school class about the Parable of Jesus showing how much God loves us. This printable activity allows you to print as many copies as you need. It includes a blank page to add your own messages or questions about the Prodigal Son. These crafts are sometimes called Fortune tellers or cootie catchers, an old school memory from childhood. Available in Letter size and A4 Size PLEASE REMEMBER - This item is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD item. - NO PHYSICAL item will be shipped to you. - Digital items cannot be returned so we do not offer refunds. - Colours may vary slightly due to different monitors. - The file is yours once you purchase, so you can print it as many times as you like, but please do not distribute. This is for personal use only! You will receive high resolution PDF image files at 300 dpi, designed to fit on regular letter or A4 size paper. TERMS OF USE Product cannot be reproduced, resold or distributed. The artwork in this shop is the property of Stored Up Treasure. The artwork offered here is for personal use only. Graphics by Smart Arts for Kids, © www.smartartsforkids.com Thank you for visiting! Stored Up Treasure Copyright © 2022 Stored Up Treasure