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Good Shepherd Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

Free printable Good Shepherd crossword in three levels for Sunday school, from easy with a word box to hard with Bible look-ups. Answer keys included.

Grades K–5 · Medium

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Ages: Early Elementary (K–2), Upper Elementary (3–5)
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 10–20 minutes
Scripture: John 10:1–18
Bible story: The Good Shepherd

These free Good Shepherd crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (John 10:1–18), 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 The Good Shepherd Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Jesus said the shepherd enters by the door of the sheepfold, calls his own sheep by name and leads them out, and the sheep follow him, "for they know his voice." Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." When an hireling sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and flees, but Jesus knows His sheep, and they hear His voice. Read the whole story in John 10:1–18 (KJV).

Memory verse: "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:11, 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:

To him the ___ openeth. (John 10:3)
"A ___ will they not follow, but will flee from him." (John 10:5)
"By me if any man enter in, he shall be ___." (John 10:9)
"... and shall go in and out, and find ___." (John 10:9)
"I am come that they might have ___." (John 10:10)
"I am the good ___." (John 10:11)
The ___ fleeth, and careth not for the sheep. (John 10:13)
"There shall be one ___, and one shepherd." (John 10:16)

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.

More for Good Shepherd: The Good Shepherd Sunday school lesson.

Frequently asked questions

What ages are these The Good Shepherd crosswords for?

The easy crossword (with a word box) is for ages 5–7, the medium one for kindergarten to 2nd grade readers, and the hard one for 3rd to 5th grade. Each level downloads with or without an answer key.

Are the answers from the Bible?

Yes. Every answer comes from the King James Bible, and the answer key gives the verse for each one.

Are these crosswords free?

Yes. Print as many as you need for your church, school or home. Please don't resell them.

What Bible verses are in the The Good Shepherd crossword?

Every clue comes from John 10:1–18 (KJV), and the answer key gives the verse for each answer. The hard level prints the verse after every clue so kids can look it up.