Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- SAMARITAN
- The one who returned was a Samaritan, a detail Luke's Gospel highlights deliberately, since Samaritans and Jews observed sharp social and religious divisions in first-century Palestine.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PRIEST
- Jesus told all ten to go and show themselves to the priest, the required step under Mosaic law (Leviticus 14) for an official declaration of cleansing and re-entry into community life.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DISTANT
- The lepers 'stood afar off' when they called out, a distance prescribed by tradition to protect others, making their healing a crossing of both physical and social boundaries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- THANKFUL
- Jesus' quiet question, 'Were there not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?', has made this story a touchstone for reflection on gratitude in Christian teaching for two thousand years.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Ten Lepers word search
The Ten Lepers: a free large-print word search
The Ten Lepers, a free, large-print word search exploring the road to cleansing, the gift of wholeness, and the grateful heart that turned back.
About The Ten Lepers
On a dusty road between Samaria and Galilee, ten men stood at a distance and lifted their voices, the only way the law allowed them to approach. In an instant they were made clean, their skin restored, their exile over. Only one, a Samaritan, wheeled around mid-journey and came back praising God at the top of his lungs, throwing himself at Jesus' feet in thanks, and it is that single returning figure who has echoed through centuries of reflection on gratitude and grace.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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