Week 981 · about 45 minutes
Matthew 20
Matthew 20 · Memory verse Matthew 20:30
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Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a wooden spoon
Hold a wooden spoon. Read Matthew 20 in about four minutes, stopping at Matthew 20:30: “Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Matthew 20?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Matthew 20 is a real chapter from the New Testament. It starts, ““For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, ““Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,” Matthew 20 opens with these words: ““For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his…” The line to keep is Matthew 20:30: “Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”” Carry the word “behold” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Matthew 20:30: “Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Matthew 20? Then try this: Read “Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Matthew 20. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Matthew 20:30. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Matthew 20 and write Matthew 20:30 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Matthew 20:30
“Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Matthew 20. Help us remember Matthew 20:30 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.