John the Baptist Bible Study for Kids Directions 1. Read Matthew 3 in the Bible of your choice. 2. Answer the questions. 3. Play the Tic-Tac-Toe game

Bible Study on John the Baptist

1. John the Baptist preached in the 2. He told the people to repent, for the wilderness of _________________. kingdom of _________________ had Matthew 3:1 come near. Matthew 3:2 3. Which prophet in the Old Testament spoke about John the Baptist? Matthew 3:3

4. What were John's clothes made out of? Matthew 3:4

5. What two foods made up his diet? Matthew 3:4

6. Which river did John use to baptize people? Matthew 3:6

7. Two groups of people came to watch 8. John warned these two groups of John baptize. What did he call them? people to produce fruit in keeping with Matthew 3:7 _________________. Matthew 3:8 9. John said that someone greater was coming. Who was it? Matthew 3:11

10. It was necessary for John to baptize Jesus to fulfill all the ____________ Matthew 3:15

11. When Jesus came out of the water, the Spirit of God landed on him in the form of a __________________. Matthew 3:16

12. A voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well ______________________.“ Matthew 3:17

Bible Tic-Tac-Toe Preparation • Print the game board and game cards on sturdy paper or tagboard. Cut out game cards. • Laminate if desired. Materials • Each player needs ten checkers. One player has red, one has black. How to Play 1. Shuffle the cards and place face down. 2. Player one picks a card. If he/she answers correctly, player puts checker on the board. 3. Player two does the same with his/her colored checker. 4. The first player to get three in a row, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally is the winner. Clear the board and play again.

Game Cards – Cut these out. John the Baptist preached in the He told the people to repent, for the wilderness of __________________. kingdom of ____________________ had come near. Matthew 3:1 Matthew 3:2

Which prophet in the Old Testament spoke about John the Baptist?

What were John’s clothes made out of? Matthew 3:4

Matthew 3:3

What two foods made up his diet?

Which river did John use to baptize people?

Matthew 3:4 Matthew 3:6

Game Cards – Cut these out. Two groups of people came to watch John John warned these two groups of people baptize. What did he call them? to produce fruit in keeping with _________________. Matthew 3:8 Matthew 3:7

John said that someone greater was coming. Who was it?

It was necessary for John to baptize Jesus to fulfill all the ____________

Matthew 3:11

Matthew 3:15

When Jesus came out of the water, the Spirit of God landed on him in the form of a __________________.

A voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well ______________________.“

Matthew 3:16

Matthew 3:17

Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Judea Heaven Isaiah Camel’s hair Locusts and wild honey Jordan River Brood of vipers Repentance Jesus Righteousness Dove pleased

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