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Lesson on "Jesus feeds five thousand people"

Vocabulary:

  • Miracle: When God does something man cannot do, ( like heal or feed many from little food)

 

Introduction:

 

Lesson - Matt 14:13-21, John 6:1-14

When Jesus learned that John the Baptist had been killed, he rowed of to a quiet place so that he could be alone. But people heard that he was there and came from great distances to see him.  The sick came to be cured, and the lame and the blind. Jesus heart was full of pity for these people, and he went among them, healing and teaching the whole day. The sun began to go down, and night was falling.

 

 

The apostles took Jesus aside. "It is getting late," they said "You had better send the people to a nearby town to find something to eat. They are hungry, and there is no place to buy food here."

"There is no need to send them away," Jesus said. "Share your food with them."

" But we have only five loaves and two fishes for the twelve of us," they protested.

" Bring the food to me, " Jesus said. He took the five loaves of bread and two fishes and looked up to heaven. Breaking the loaves, he blessed the food and told the apostles to hand it out to the people sitting on the grass.

There were about five thousand men, with women and children, gathered on the shore that day, and each one had plenty to eat. And when the apostles picked up the leftovers, there were twelve large baskets full.

 

True or False

  1. 5,000 was too many people for Jesus to feed.                   F
  2. The disciples collected 12 baskets of leftover food.            T
  3. Jesus makes sure we have what we need.         T
  4. We can help Jesus today, even if we don't have much.          T

Review Questions

 

    Which is more amazing to you, that Jesus can feed five thousand people or that He can heal illnesses?

 

    How do you think the apostles felt when they saw Jesus use the little food they had to feed over 5,000 people?

 

   How many loaves of bread and how many fishes did Jesus used to feed 5,000 people? 

   

   Name 3 of Jesus' disciples.

 

    Why did He feed the people miraculously when He could have sent them away?

 

Activities suggestion:

 1. Demonstrate with a medium to large size of loave bread how many time you can cut to come near 1,000 pieces. Put the pieces in a basket and share with the children and discuss the result.

 2. Give a special snack made of typical food that Jesus and the people at His time could had eaten. Example: figs, yeast craquers, sardines, goat cheese, olives.