Children Stories

Luke 13:10-17

Jesus goes to the synagogue to teach every day.

There was a woman at the synagogue that could not stand straight for eighteen years.

The woman’s back was bending and couldn’t stand straight because there was a spirit of infirmity that is oppressing her.

When Jesus saw the woman, he called her to Him.

He said, “You are freed from your infirmity.”

Then Jesus reached out his hand and touched her. The spirit of infirmity left the woman and she was immediately healed. The woman can stand straight and she praised God about it.

That day was Sunday, the Sabbath day when Jesus healed the woman. When the ruler of the synagogue saw Jesus healed on the Sabbath, they became angry.

They said to the crowd, “There are six days in each week that you can come and be healed by Jesus but not on Sunday. This is because no one is allowed to work on the Sabbath day.”

Jesus answered them by saying, “Didn’t you untie your donkey and cattle and lead them to drink water on the Sabbath. So why this woman who was bound by Satan for eighteen years not be freed from her bondage?”

The crowd rejoiced for all the miracles that Jesus did and put shame to the rulers of the synagogue who accused Jesus.

Luke 19:11-27

Jesus told the parable of ten minas to the crowd gathering around Him.

Jesus said, “There was a king who had to travel to a far away country. The king called in ten of his servants and he gave each of them one mina.

He said to them,’ Use this one mine and do business until I come back.’

The citizens of the king hated him and don’t want him to be king. But the king finally won and received the kingdom.

When the king returned, he said to his servants, ‘How much have you gain by trading with the one mine I gave you?’

The servant said to him, ’Master, your mina had earned another ten minas.”

The king said to the servant, ‘You are a good and faithful servant. I will let you in charge of ten cities.”

Yet another servant came to the king and said, ‘Master, your mina had earned another five minas.’

The king said to the servant, ‘You are a good and faithful servant. I will let you reign over five cities.’

Then another servant came and say to the king, ‘Master, I know you are a strict man and therefore I had put the mina you give me in a handkerchief. I know that you reap what you did not sow and collect what you did not deposit. Here is your one mina.’

And the king said to him, “You evil servant. So you know that I reap what I do not sow and collect what I did not deposit. Why didn’t you keep the one mina in the bank so that at least it can earn money from interest?’

After that, the king said to his servants, ‘Take away the one mina from him and give it to the servant who has ten minas. Those who have been given from what he does not have will lose what he has. But to those who have been given from what he has will be given more. Bring my enemies who do not want me to rule over them and kill them before me!’”

Acts 15:1 – 9

One time, a man from Judea came and told the Christians, “If you are not circumcised, you cannot be saved.”

When the Christians heard the message, they don’t know what to do.

They asked Paul and Barnabas to come to Jerusalem and solve the question.

So, Paul and Barnabas departed to Jerusalem.

On their way, they went through Phonecia and Samaria.

They reported to the people that many Gentiles had come to believe in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and they praised God.

When Paul and Barnabas arrive at Jerusalem, the apostles and the church members welcomed them. Paul and Barnabas reported to them everything God had done with them.

Some of the Pharisees stood up and said, “Every Christian must be circumcised in order to be saved and they should obey Moses’ law.”

There were so much quarreling. Then Paul stood up and said, “God made no difference between the Jews and the Gentiles but he purified their hearts by faith.

Therefore, why do you purposely trouble the Gentiles by asking them to be circumcised? We believe that everyone will be saved in the same manner through God’s grace.

We should not trouble the Gentiles who had accepted Jesus Christ to get circumcised.

But we will write a list of things that they should abstain yourself from including, things polluted by idols, things that are strangled, eating blood and sexual immorality.”

The whole church was very pleased with Paul’s answer.

So Paul wrote a letter concerning the things to be abstained from.

Then they sent two messengers, Judas and Silas to send the letter to the Gentiles.

Luke 11:14-23

When the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus preaching to the crowd and many people are following Him, they said, “He is a mad man. He has a demon. He cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub, prince of demons.”

So Jesus said, “How can Satan cast out the demons who are His followers? If a kingdom attacks its own kingdom, the kingdom will fall away.

If Satan rose up against his kingdom, it cannot stand and will fall. No one can enter the house of a strong man.

The plunderer has to first tie the strong man up so that he can enter into his house to steal his goods.”

Jesus continued saying, “All sins can be forgiven except the blasphemies spoken against the Holy Spirit. Anyone who speaks blasphemies against the Holy Spirit is subject to condemnation.”

Jesus said this because they say He has an unclean spirit.

Then Jesus’ brothers and mother came. They stood outside and were calling for Him. The multitude who were Jesus saw Jesus’ brothers and Jesus’ mother.

And they said to Him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside wanting to see you.”

But Jesus replied, “Who are my mother and who are my brothers?”

He looked at the people that gathered around Him and said, “Here are my mother and here are my brothers? Whoever that obey and does the will of God are my mother, my sisters and my brothers.”

The strong man in the parable refers to Satan. The plunderer is Jesus. The goods in the strong man’s house refer to the evil things that the devil had put in the heart of the demon possessed man. The house is the body of a person.

To bind the strong man is to bind the devil and taking away his authority and power over us.

When Jesus forgives our sins, He binds the strong man. The devil lives in the demon possessed man because of his sins.

Mark 12:1-12

Jesus told the people a parable of the vineyard and the evil tenants.

Jesus said, “There was once a man who planted a vineyard. The man rents his vineyard to the vinedressers because he has to get out of the country and travel to a foreign country for some time.

During the ripe grape season, the man sent his servant to the vinedressers to get some grapes from the vineyard.

The vinedressers don’t want to give the servant any grapes to be brought back to his master.

So they beat up the servant and he was sent back to his master with nothing.

This time, the man sent another servant to the vinedressers to get some grapes from the vineyard.

The servant did as his master commanded him. But when the servant arrived at the vineyard, the vinedressers shamefully treated him and sent him away with nothing.

Finally, the owner of the vineyard sent his son whom he loved to collect grapes from the vinedressers.

But when the son of the owner of the vineyard arrived at the vineyard, the vinedressers said to one another,’ This person is the heir of the vineyard. Let us kill him so that this vineyard will belong to us forever.’

The vinedressers throw his son out and murder him.

So the owner of the vineyard will kill all the vinedressers in his vineyard and gives it to someone else who deserves it.”

When the chief priests heard the parable of the vineyard and the evil tenants, they were very angry with Jesus and plot to kill him.

Luke 16:1-13

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the shrewd manager.

Jesus said to His disciples, “There was a shrewd manager who has a servant. Sometime later, someone reported to the shrewd manager that the servant is wasting his goods. So he called in the servant.

He said to him,’ Is the report I heard about you true?’

The servant said to himself, ‘What can I do now? My master is going to fire me. I cannot dig a hole and hide myself. I cannot beg. I know what I will do. After my master fire me, the people will accept me into their houses.’

So his master fired him, he started to call in every one of his master’s debtors.

The shrewd manager says to one debtor,’ How much oil do you owe my master?’

He answered, “One hundred measures of oils.”

The shrewd manager says,’ You only have to pay back 50 gallons of oil now.’

Then the shrewd manager say to another debtor,’ How much you owe my master?’

The person replied,’ One hundred measures of wheat.’ The shrewd manager says to him,’ You only have to pay back eighty measure of wheat now’.

When the master find out about it, he condemns the shrewd manager. The people in this world are shrewd than the children of light.

Whoever can be trusted with worldly wealth, he can also be trusted with true riches? If you are shrewd in dealing with someone else’ property, who will give you their property?

No servant can serve and be loyal to two masters. No one can serve God and money at the same time.”