Parables of Jesus Word Search
A parable is a short story about ordinary things that carries a deeper lesson. The Gospels record around forty of the ones Jesus told, including the sower and the good Samaritan.
Parables of Jesus word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- harvest
- lamp
- lost coin
- lost sheep
- net
- pearl
- soil
- sower
- talents
- vineyard
Parables of Jesus word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- fig tree
- good samaritan
- harvest
- lamp
- lost coin
- lost sheep
- mustard seed
- net
- pearl
- prodigal son
- soil
- sower
- talents
- treasure
- vineyard
Parables of Jesus word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- fig tree
- good samaritan
- harvest
- lamp
- leaven
- lost coin
- lost sheep
- mustard seed
- narrow gate
- net
- pearl
- prodigal son
- soil
- sower
- talents
- tares
- ten virgins
- treasure
- vineyard
- wedding feast
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Words in the Parables of Jesus word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- soil
- Four kinds of ground the seed fell on in one parable.
- sower
- Farmer who scattered seed across different sorts of ground.
- lamp
- Light Jesus said belongs on a stand, not under a bowl.
- net
- Fishing net that gathered every kind of fish in one parable.
- pearl
- Costly pearl a merchant sold everything he had to buy.
- vineyard
- Grape farm used as the setting for several parables.
- harvest
- Gathering time, standing for the end of the age.
- lost sheep
- One sheep the shepherd left ninety nine to go find.
- lost coin
- Silver coin a woman swept the whole house to find.
- good samaritan
- Traveler who stopped to help a stranger left beaten on the road.
- prodigal son
- Younger son who wasted his money and then came home.
- mustard seed
- Very small seed that grows into a large plant.
- talents
- Sums of money three servants were told to manage.
- fig tree
- Tree given one more year to produce fruit.
- treasure
- Riches found hidden in a field and bought with everything.
- leaven
- Yeast a woman worked through a whole batch of dough.
- tares
- Weeds left growing among the wheat until harvest.
- ten virgins
- Ten young women waiting with lamps for a bridegroom.
- wedding feast
- Banquet whose invited guests all made excuses.
- narrow gate
- Small entrance Jesus said only a few people find.
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