Chapter 25
25:1-13, 14-30, 31-46 Discuss these stories with some children. Help the children to make them into dramatic stories. Help them to act those stories in their neighbourhood.
Help some children to make pictures that show these events.
25:1 Whom do we read about? What was the event? What did they do?
25:2 What do you learn about these ‘young women’?
25:3 What did the ‘foolish girls’ do?
25:4 What did the ‘wise girls’ do? What was the difference between the ‘foolish’ girls and the ‘wise’ girls? Look also at 25:3.
25:5 Make a list of the things that happened. What do you think about that?
25:6 When did someone shout? What event did someone shout about? What was the invitation?
25:7 What happened? What did the girls do?
25:8 What happened? What was the request? Why did they need to make that request?
25:9 What was the answer? Why was that? What should the foolish girls do?
25:10 Make a list of the things that happened. What do you think about that?
25:11 Make a list of the things that happened. What do you think about that?
25:12 Who gave the reply? What do you think about the reply?
25:13 What should you do? Why should you do that? What might this story mean? Look also at 25:1-3.
25:14 Make a list of the things that the man did. For what would the servants be responsible?
25:15 What did the man know? What did he do because he knew that? Where did he go?
25:16 What happened to this ‘servant’? What do you think about that?
25:17 What happened to this ‘servant’? What do you think about that?
25:18 What happened to this ‘servant’? What do you think about that?
25:19 Make a list of the things that happened. What do you think about that?
25:20 Make a list of the things that happened. What report did this ‘man’ give? What do you think about this report?
25:21 How did the master reply? In what ways did the ‘master’ reward this ‘servant’? What do you think about that?
25:22 What report does this ‘man’ bring? What do you think about this report?
25:23 How did the ‘master’ reply? In what ways did the ‘master’ reward this ‘servant’? What do you think about that?
25:24 What report did this ‘man’ bring? Make a list of the things that he knows about his ‘master’. What do you think about what he knows?
25:25 What was the man’s reaction? What did he do? What do you think about that?
25:26 What was the ‘master’s’ reaction? What did he say that the man knew? What do you think about that?
25:27 Make a list of the things that the man should have done. What do you think about the master who expected those actions?
25:28 What happened? What should the servants do?
25:29 Make a list of the facts. What do you think about them?
25:30 What was the man’s value as a servant? What should they do with him? What do you think about all that?
25:31 Who is the main person that will come? What do you learn about him? What will happen? What do you think about that?
25:32 Make a list of the things that will happen. What do you think about that?
25:33 What will ‘he’ do? What might that mean?
25:34 What will happen? Make a list of the facts that the ‘king’ said. What do you think about those facts?
25:35, 36 Make a list of the things that had happened. What do you think about that report? What will you do because you know that?
25:37 What did those people answer the ‘king’? Why might they not have known the answer to their questions? What do you think about all that? What will you do about it?
25:38 What did these people not know about? What do you think about that? What will you do because you have thought about this?
25:39 What did these people not know about? What will you do because you have thought about this?
25:40 Who will reply to the people? What will he reply? What do you learn about ‘least important people’?
25:41 What will happen? Make a list of the facts that the ‘king’ said. What do you think about those facts?
25:42, 43 Make a list of the things that had happened. What do you think about that report? What will you do because you know that?
25:44, 45 Make a list of the things that had happened. What do you think about that report? What will you do because you know that?
25:46 What will be the difference? What will you do because you know about this?