Persistent Widow Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Persistent Widow crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (Luke 18:1–8), 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 Persistent Widow Sunday school lesson, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Jesus spake a parable "that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." There was a judge "which feared not God, neither regarded man," and a widow kept coming to him, saying, "Avenge me of mine adversary." Because of "her continual coming," he did it, and Jesus said God will avenge "his own elect, which cry day and night unto him" and "will avenge them speedily." Read the whole story in Luke 18:1–8 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;" (Luke 18:1, 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:

• Jesus spake a ___ unto them. (Luke 18:1)
• Men ought always to pray, and not to ___. (Luke 18:1)
• "Avenge me of mine ___." (Luke 18:3)
• The judge said, "I will ___ her." (Luke 18:5)
• He did not want her ___ coming to weary him. (Luke 18:5)
• "Hear what the ___ judge saith." (Luke 18:6)
• Shall not God avenge his own ___? (Luke 18:7)
• "He will avenge them ___." (Luke 18:8)

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.