🏠Simon's house🍞bread and fruit🏘️the town🪔lamps⛰️a quiet hill
A day in a town by the lake.
The big ideaThe Bible tells us Jesus was kind to a sick friend and to many people.
How it works
The Bible tells us about a warm day when Jesus and his friends went to Simon's house for lunch. It was a day of rest, when people stopped their work.
Simon's wife's mother was in bed with a fever, feeling hot and weak. The family told Jesus right away. He went in, took her by the hand and helped her to stand up, and the fever went away.
She felt well and strong again, and she wanted to help, so she served them bread, fruit and cool water.
At sunset people came to Simon's door, some sick and some sad. Jesus was kind to every single person. Early the next morning he walked up a quiet hill and prayed.
The story in a row.
Example 1: A kind helper
Someone at home feels poorly.
Bring a cup of cool water, and speak softly.
Jesus was kind to one woman and to a whole town.
Example 2: Set a table
Set a table together, with bread and fruit.
Once she was well, she wanted to help straight away.
Pass the bread, as she did.
Example 3: Houses in those days
A house by the lake had a flat roof.
A bed was often a mat, rolled up by day.
Draw Simon's house with a flat roof.
Words to know
fever
Feeling hot and weak, and having to stay in bed.
day of rest
A day when people stopped their work.
mat
A bed that was rolled up by day, in those days.
Watch out
Jesus did not hurry past. He went in and came close to her bed.
He took her by the hand, and she felt well and strong again.
Jesus did not send the people at the door away.
In those days the day of rest ended at sunset, and people could go out.
Try it
Whose house did they walk to?
What did Jesus do for the woman?
What did she do when she felt well?
Where did Jesus go early the next morning?
Answers: 1. Simon's · 2. Took her by the hand and helped her up · 3. Served them a meal · 4. Up a quiet hill, to pray
Try at homeWith a grown-up, think of someone who is not feeling well, and do one kind thing for them.
For grown-upsIf someone in your family has been poorly, this is a gentle way to talk about being kind to them. Keep to what the story says; if your child asks why people get ill, it is fine to say you will talk about it together.
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