Who Hath Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear – Matthew 13; Luke 8; 13

Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading of Matthew 13; Luke 8; 13. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!

Everyone

Activity – Parables of the Master – Ensign article with artwork depicting various parables

Chart – The Sower – Chart from For the Strength of Youth to help illustrate and understand the parable.

Video – Jesus Declares the Parable of the Wheat & Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven – Jesus uses parables to teach a crowd of people about the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 13 (2:15 minutes)

Video – The Sower – An old seminary video where a miniature New Testament character teaches a young man how to understand parables. (12:10 minutes)

Children

Activity – Write a Parable – Think about something in the gospel you want to teach others. What object or example could you use to teach it? Draw or write about it here.

Lesson – Parable of the Sower and the Wheat and Tares – To help each child understand and apply the spiritual messages in two of the parables Jesus told. New Testament Primary Manual

I need to prepare my heart to receive the teachings of Jesus.

Activity – I Need to Prepare My Heart – Coloring page

Activity – New Testament 1-2-3 – for older children

Activity – New Testament Scripture Pictures – for older children

Activity – Parable of the Sower – a matching game with three parts. To print the pictures right click on each image and choose the option to open in a new tab, then print from there.

Activity – Biblical Foods – word search for older children

Activity – Parable of the Sower – Dot to Dot

Heavenly Father wants me to choose the right. I can choose the right even when those around me do not.

Activity – Choose the Right Way – A maze-like game that uses pictures of right and wrong choices. Includes ideas for parents to teach about how good choices make us happy.

Activity – Choosing the Right – A word game.

Activity/ Article – Agency Is the Gift to Choose for Ourselves – A message and printable game about choosing the right.

Activity/Article – My Choices Have Consequences – Includes a scripture-wheel craft about choices and consequences.

Article – The Wheat and the Tares – a retelling for children

Article – Agency and Choosing the Right – Elder Richard G. Scott talks about visiting his uncle’s farm as a child and what he learned about agency.

Story – Standing Strong – A boy chooses to walk out of a party instead of watching bad media.

My membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a treasure.

Activity – The Savior’s Church, Then and Now – A printable flannel board story to use in telling the story of Christ establishing His Church in ancient and modern times.

Activity – Article of Faith 6 – Includes a wordsearch using words from the sixth Article of Faith.

Activity/Article – The Great Work of God – Dieter F. Uchtdorf explains some of the blessings of the Church. Includes an activity to look up scriptures about the blessings and match them to pictures.

Article – The Greatest Treasure – a read together story for parents and children

Article – What blessings do we receive through the restored Church? – L. Tom Perry mentions some blessings we receive through the restored Church.

Youth

How Can Young Women and Young Men Work Together to Help Build God’s Kingdom?

Article – Men and Women in the Work of the Lord – In our Heavenly Father’s great priesthood-endowed plan, men and women have different but equally valued roles.

Article – United in Accomplishing God’s Work – The most effective way to fulfill our divine potential is to work together, blessed by the power and authority of the priesthood.

Article – Young Women in the Work – Every young woman in the Church should feel valued, have opportunities to serve, and feel that she has something of worth to contribute to this work.

Article – What Every Aaronic Priesthood Holder Needs to Understand – Your Aaronic Priesthood ordination is central to helping God’s children receive Christ’s atoning power.

Youth and Adults

Teaching Resources – Come Follow Up: Matthew 13; Luke 8; 13 – Quotes, video clips, and artwork to aid in teaching this week’s lesson.

My heart must be prepared to receive the word of God.

Article – Precious Gifts from God – Life can be filled with faith, joy, happiness, hope, and love when we exercise the smallest amount of real faith in Christ.

Article – The Parable of the Sower – It is up to each of us to set the priorities and to do the things that make our soil good and our harvest plentiful.

Chart – Parable of the Sower – A chart to help illustrate the parable

Jesus’s parables help me understand the growth and destiny of His Church.

Article – The Priceless Parables – So simple a child can understand yet profound enough for the sage, the parables of Jesus are a priceless source of gospel principles.

Article – How to Read a Parable – Christ’s simpler stories require no handbook of instructions, but there are many pitfalls in understanding parables.

Article – Parables of Jesus: Prophecy for Our Day – Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith help us understand that we are living in the time when several of Jesus’ parables are being fulfilled.

Article – The Mustard Seed – Learn more about the little seed with a big reputation.

Article – Seed of Faith – After the flame and smoke and water, my little bookmark was a better object lesson than ever.

The righteous must grow among the wicked until the end of the world.

Article – Truths from the Savior’s Parables in Matthew 13 – Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

Article – The Coexistence of Opposites: The Wheat and Tares Together – Following directly after the parable of the sower comes the parable of the wheat and tares. It adds one more cruelty to the list of things that the sower’s enemy will perpetrate in trying to diminish or destroy the efforts of the sower.

In what ways did “certain women” minister to the Savior?

Article – The Women Who Followed Jesus from Galilee – Three lessons from the faithful women who followed Jesus Christ.

Article – How the Savior Treated Women – We can follow Jesus Christ’s example of showing kindness and respect to the women in our lives.

Article – Certain Women – Certain women are disciples centered in the Savior Jesus Christ and have hope through the promise of His atoning sacrifice.

Article – The Influence of Righteous Women – The scriptures give us names of several women who have blessed individuals and generations with their spiritual gifts. The scriptures also mention women whose names are unknown to us but who bless our lives through their examples and teachings.

Adults

Article – The Sower – New Testament Institute Manual

Article – The Wheat and the Tares – New Testament Institute Manual

Article – The Truth of God Shall Go Forth – This is God’s work, and God’s work will not be frustrated. But there is still much to be done.

Article – The Mustard Seed and Hidden Leaven – New Testament Institute Manual

Article – Hidden Treasure and the Pearl fo Great Price – New Testament Institute Manual

Article – He Spake Many Things Unto Them in Parables – Jesus the Christ, chapter 19

Article – Of Soils and Souls: The Parable of the Sower – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Names of the Parables – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – Our Savior in the Gospels: Why Parables? – Religious scholars discuss Jesus’ use of parables to teach eternal truths in His ministry as a way to have timely and expansive reaches to His disciples. BYUtv (26:46 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Up: Matthew 13; Luke 8; 13 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Patrick Mason and special guests Larry Monson and Jen Monson on the following topics: My Heart Must Be Prepared to Receive the Word of God and Jesus’ Parables Help Me Understand the Growth and Destiny of His Church. BYUtv (54:46 minutes)