Jesus Cleanses the Temple Maze for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Jesus Cleanses the Temple mazes come in three levels, so every child in your class gets a maze they can finish. Help Jesus find the way through Jerusalem to the temple!

• Easy (ages 4–6): one path with no wrong turns.
• Medium (grades K–2): two or three side paths that lead to dead ends.
• Hard (grades 3–5): many wrong turns, with side paths branching off other side paths.

Each level downloads on its own, with or without an answer key, and every maze has the King James verse John 2:16.

Talk about it: When the passover was at hand, Jesus went up to Jerusalem (John 2:13). He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves (John 2:14). He said, "make not my Father's house an house of merchandise" (John 2:16).

Use them after the Jesus Cleanses the Temple Sunday school lesson, with the crossword 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.

Using the mazes in class

• Give each child the level they can finish: the easy maze for ages 4–6, medium for kindergarten to 2nd grade, hard for 3rd to 5th grade.
• Tell the story first, then let kids trace the path with a finger before they use a pencil or crayon.
• Say the memory verse together when they reach the end, then read the "Talk about it" box on the sheet.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the path drawn in red). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.