Printable list of scriptures for a dozen plastic eggs that engage kids in the Easter story.

1. 1) She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly
I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be
told, in memory of her. Mark 14:8‐9
2) They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!” John 12:13
3) While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to
his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Matthew 26:26
4) [A crowd armed with swords and clubs] seized Jesus and arrested him. Mark 14:46, Matthew 26:50
5) Again the high priest asked [Jesus], “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” “I am,” said
Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on
the clouds of heaven.” Mark 14:61‐62
6) Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).
John 19:17
7) There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. John
19:18
8) The criminal said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”Jesus answered him,
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:42‐43
9) As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself
become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be
given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new
tomb that he had cut out of the rock. Matthew 27:57‐60a
10) On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had
prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Luke 24:1‐2
11) The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was
crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
Matthew 28:5‐6
12) When [Jesus] was at the table with them [in Emmaus], he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and
began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared
from their sight. Luke 24:30‐31