Jesus, the Bread of Life Crossword (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Jesus, the Bread of Life crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (John 6:26–35), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Jesus, the Bread of Life Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

After Jesus fed the five thousand, the people sought him "because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled." Jesus said, "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life." They said their fathers did eat manna in the desert, bread from heaven, and Jesus answered that "the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world." When they said, "Lord, evermore give us this bread," Jesus said, "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." Read the whole story in John 6:26–35 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." (John 6:35, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• "He gave them bread from ___ to eat." (John 6:31)
• "___ gave you not that bread from heaven." (John 6:32)
• "Our fathers did eat manna in the ___." (John 6:31)
• "This is the work of God, that ye ___ on him whom he hath sent." (John 6:29)
• They did eat of the loaves, and were ___. (John 6:26)
• The bread of God "giveth life unto the ___." (John 6:33)
• "Lord, ___ give us this bread." (John 6:34)
• "___ not for the meat which perisheth." (John 6:27)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.