Jesus Cleanses the Temple Crossword (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Jesus Cleanses the Temple crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (John 2:13–17), 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 Cleanses the Temple Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

When the Jews' passover was at hand, Jesus went up to Jerusalem and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. He made a scourge of small cords, drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and the oxen, poured out the changers' money and overthrew the tables. He told them that sold doves to take these things hence and not to make His Father's house "an house of merchandise." Read the whole story in John 2:13–17 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise." (John 2:16, 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:

• The Jews' ___ was at hand. (John 2:13)
• Jesus went up to ___. (John 2:13)
• He made a ___ of small cords. (John 2:15)
• He made a scourge of small ___. (John 2:15)
• He poured out the ___' money. (John 2:15)
• "Make not my ___'s house an house of merchandise." (John 2:16)
• His ___ remembered that it was written. (John 2:17)
• "The ___ of thine house hath eaten me up." (John 2:17)

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.