Parable of the Talents Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Parable of the Talents crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Matthew 25:14–30), 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 Parable of the Talents Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Jesus told about a man travelling into a far country who delivered his goods to his servants: five talents to one, two to another, and one to another, "to every man according to his several ability." The servant with five talents traded and made them other five talents, and likewise he with two gained other two, and their lord said, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." The servant with one talent was afraid and hid his lord's money in the earth, and the talent was taken from him and given unto him which had ten talents. Read the whole story in Matthew 25:14–30 (KJV).

Memory verse: "His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." (Matthew 25:21, 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 called his own ___, and delivered unto them his goods. (Matthew 25:14)
• Unto one he gave five ___. (Matthew 25:15)
• And straightway took his ___. (Matthew 25:15)
• He that had received the five talents went and ___ with the same. (Matthew 25:16)
• He that had received two, he also ___ other two. (Matthew 25:17)
• He digged in the earth, and hid his lord's ___. (Matthew 25:18)
• "Well done, thou good and ___ servant." (Matthew 25:21)
• "I will make thee ___ over many things." (Matthew 25:21)

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.