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Bible Stories · Ages 7+ · Set A
The mat lowered through the roof
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Remember: The Bible tells us four friends brought a man to Jesus, and Jesus made him well.

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Four good friendsFour friends had a friend who could not walk. He lay on a mat all day long. When they heard that Jesus was home in Capernaum, each friend took a corner of the mat and carried him there. The house was so full that nobody could get near the door. So the friends climbed the steps up the outside wall to the flat roof. The roof was made of sticks and branches with clay on top, so they dug a hole. They tied ropes to the corners of the mat and slowly let it down into the room, right in front of Jesus. Jesus told the man to get up, pick up his mat and go home, and the man walked out carrying it.
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Why could the friends not get in through the door?
🔒It was locked👥The crowd was packed too tight🌧️It was raining
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Which way did the friends go up to the roof?
🌳A tree🪜Steps up the outside wall🪟A window
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What was the roof made of?
🪵Sticks, branches and clay🪟Glass🧵Cloth
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Number the story in order.
  • 🛏️ The friends carry him on the mat
  • 🪜 They climb up to the roof
  • 🪢 They lower the mat on ropes
  • ⛏️ They dig a hole
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🚪Did the friends go home when the door was blocked?
YesNo

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Join each one to what it was for.
  1. 1🪜 the steps
  2. 2🪢 the ropes
  3. 3🛏️ the mat
  • Acarried the man
  • Bled up the outside wall
  • Ctied to the corners of the mat
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The friends let the mat down with .
handsbasketsropes
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💛Did Jesus tell the man that his sins were forgiven?
YesNo
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Who muttered inside that only God can forgive?
📜The teachers of the law🧑‍🤝‍🧑The four friends👥The crowd
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A child retold it: The friends carried the man. They dug through the roof. Jesus told him to stay on his mat. Which part is wrong?
🛏️They carried the man⛏️They dug through the roof🛌He was told to stay on his mat
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The episode says Jesus saw their faith. How did the friends show it?
📣They shouted at the crowd⛏️They carried him, climbed up and dug⏳They waited outside
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Draw the mat coming down on its ropes.
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Answer key · Set A
The mat lowered through the roof
1The crowd was packed too tight The house was so full that nobody could get near the door.
2Steps up the outside wall Steps up the outside wall led to the flat roof.
3Sticks, branches and clay The roof was made of sticks and branches with clay packed over the top, so the friends could dig through it.
41, 2, 4, 3
5No No. They did not give up. They found another way in.
61-B, 2-C, 3-A
7ropes They tied ropes to the corners of the mat and let it slide down slowly.
8Yes Yes. He spoke kindly to the man, called him son, and told him his sins were forgiven.
9The teachers of the law The teachers of the law muttered inside. They did not say it out loud.
10He was told to stay on his mat Jesus told the man to get up, pick up his mat and go home.
11They carried him, climbed up and dug The episode says the friends showed their faith by what they did: they carried him, climbed up and dug.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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