Stories from Canadian Bible Society: The Word for Families

Open the pdf reading and there are activities for children including coloring pages.  Enjoy spending time with your children telling the bible stories in a way that invites them into a relationship with Jesus.

Luke 1:11-20 Zechariah was a priest. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth were unhappy because they had not been able to have children. And now...Read more

Isaiah 40:1-11 Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah announced God’ s promise of a saviour,.......Read  more

2 Samuel 9 After Saul and his son Jonathan (David’s best friend) died during a war, David became king of Israel. One day, David thought, “I wonder if....     Read more

1 Samuel 3:1 - 10 Samuel was the son of a couple named Elkanah and Hannah. Hannah could not have a baby for a long time but she ..... Read more

Ruth 2:1-12 One day, Ruth said to Naomi, “Let me see if I can find someone who will let me pick up the grain left in the fields....Read more

Ruth 1:1-18  Before Israel was ruled by kings, Elimelech from the tribe of Ephrath lived in the
town of Bethlehem. His wife was named ......Read more

Judges 7:1-7 God chose a young man named Gideon to lead the people of Israel and give them victory over their enemies, the Midianites. Early the next morning, Gideon and his army got up and moved their camp.... Read more

Judges 2:6-17
Joshua had been faithful to the Lord. And after Joshua sent the Israelites to ....Read more

Joshua 1:1-9  Moses, the Lord’s servant, was dead. So the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had been the assistant of Moses. The Lord said: ....Read more

Numbers 13:1-4a, 24-33  The Lord said to Moses, “Choose a leader from each tribe and send them into Canaan to explore the land I am giving you.” So Moses sent ....Read more

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-17  God said to the people of Israel: I am the Lord your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves. Do not worship......Read more

Exodus 17:1-7  The Israelites left the desert and moved from one place to another each time the LORD ordered them to. ......Read more

Exodus 14:5-7, 10-22 When the king of Egypt heard that the Israelites had finally left, he and his officials changed their minds and said, .....Read more

Exodus 12:31-42 Despite his fear and hesitation, Moses, along with his brother Aaron, went to
the king of Egypt and asked him to let the Israelites ......Read more

Exodus 3:1-12 When Moses–who had been adopted into the Egyptian king’s family–grew up, he decided to go back to his own people. He got married, ....Read more

Exodus 1:14-16; 2:1-10  Joseph became Prime Minister of Egypt. He brought his entire family over and for years, his descendants (known as the Hebrews) were ....Read more

Genesis 41:1-16 Joseph became a slave in Egypt. Even though he worked hard and did what
was right, he was unjustly thrown in prison ....Read more

Genesis 37:17b-30  Joseph was 17 years old. He had 11 brothers but he was his father’s favourite. He always boasted about ....Read more

Genesis 27:1-19  This is the story of Isaac, his twin sons Jacob and Esau (Esau was a little bit older than Jacob) and Rebekah their mother. In those days, .....Read more

Genesis 3:1-13  Adam and Eve, the first humans, are in the Garden of Eden. They live peacefully among God’s creation. They are naked but they are not ashamed.  The snake was more cunning ....Read more

Genesis 2:4b-9; 15-22  When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth, no grass or plants were growing anywhere.....  Read more

John 11:17-27, 38-44 A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sis- ters, Mary and Martha. The sisters sent a message to Jesus ....Read more

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Acts 2:1-13  On the day of Pentecost all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! .....Read more

Daniel 6:11-23  Daniel’s jealous rivals trick Darius the King into making a law that for thirty days no prayers should be addressed to any god or man but Darius himself ...Read more

John 21:1-14 Jesus later appeared to his disciples along the shore of Lake Tiberias. Simon Peter.....Read more

John 20:19-29
After coming back to life, Jesus appears to his friends. The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, ...
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Luke 24:13-20, 22-23, 25-33a (abridged) The news of Jesus having come back to life began spreading. Some of his friends saw ......Read more

Matthew 28:1-9 After Jesus died on the cross, his body was taken down, wrapped in burial cloths and placed in the tomb that had been cut out of solid rock .....Read more

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Holy Week Stories

Matthew 26:57-58, 69-75 After the last supper, Jesus and his friends, called disciples, went to a garden to pray. The disciples, including Peter, fell asleep .....Read more

Luke 22:14-23 All Jewish people used to get together with their families for the Festival of Passover. Jesus knew that he would soon be arrested ...Read more

Luke 22:1-13 The Festival of Thin Bread, also called Passover, was near. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus......Read more

Mark 14:1-9 It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Thin Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were secretly planning to have Jesus arrested ......Read more

Luke 19:28-40 Jesus went on towards Jerusalem. As he was getting near Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead.....Read more

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John 11:17-27, 38-44 A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sis- ters, Mary and Martha. The sisters sent a message to Jesus and.....Read more

Revelation 21:1-7 John, who had been one of the followers of Jesus, was arrested and exiled because of his faith. While in exile, God .... Read more

Acts 27:9a, 11-25 Paul was a prisoner. He was being transferred to Rome by boat to stand trial. By now we had already lost a lot of time, and sailing was no longer safe. ....Read more

Acts 12:3b–16 Herod had Peter arrested during the Festival of Thin Bread. He put Peter in jail and ordered four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to put him on trial ...Read more

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Acts 9:36-42 In Joppa there was a follower named Tabitha. Her Greek name was Dorcas, which means “deer”. She was always doing good things for people.... Read more

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Acts 9:1-12 Saul kept on threatening to kill the Lord’s followers. He even went to the high priest and asked for letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus.  Read more here

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Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus said:
When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on his royal throne. The people of all nations will be brought before him, and he will separate them, as shepherds separate their sheep from their goats.  Read more  here

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Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus left Galilee and went to the River Jordan to be baptized by John. But John kept objecting and said, “I ought to be baptized by you. Why have you come to me?”  Read more here

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Luke 2:41-52 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for Passover. And when Jesus was twelve years old, they all went there as usual for the celebration. Read more here

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Luke 2:22-35 The time came for Mary and Joseph to do what the Law of Moses says a mother is supposed to do after her baby is born.  Click here for a download copy