The One Who Said Thank You Coloring Page
Drawn for Childhood Bible Stories · Free for home & Sunday school use · Updated September 2026
Ten men were healed on the road and one turned around. This free printable catches him at the moment Luke describes: face to the ground at Jesus' feet, thanking God out loud, while the others are already small figures heading for the village gate.
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The story behind this page
Ten people are healed of a terrible disease. Only one comes back to thank Jesus. And Jesus notices.
Story 24 of 23 in our Bible stories in order plan. Up next: Zacchaeus.
About this scene
The man is drawn low and forward, hands stretched out along the ground. Jesus stands over him with one hand raised, robe falling in long simple folds. Both figures sit close to the front of the page, which makes them the easiest part to color and the hardest part to ignore.
Behind them the road runs back toward an arched stone gateway in the village wall, with the men who kept walking strung out along it in little groups. They are deliberately tiny. The distance is the point: the man in front stayed where he was, and everyone else is already most of the way home.
A palm tree, a low stone wall, and a few grass tufts fill the rest. There is nothing distressing on the sheet: Luke says the men had already been cleansed before this moment, so there is nothing left to draw except gratitude.
“One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.”
Luke 17:15-16 (World English Bible)
Coloring ideas for this page
- Color the walkers on the road in pale, washed-out shades and the thankful man in strong ones. The page tells its own story then.
- A warm sandy road, dry green grass, and a dusty wall keep it looking like the country Luke describes.
- Ask your child where the men on the road are going, and why the one in front is not walking with them.
- The palm fronds are thin. Save them for a colored pencil rather than a fat crayon.
What this page teaches
Nine received the same gift and kept walking. One came back, and he was the Samaritan, the outsider in that crowd (Luke 17:15-16). Getting what you asked for is common; turning around to say thank you is not. That is a lesson children can practise the same afternoon.
Questions parents ask
Is this the same as your ten lepers coloring page?
Same story, different moment. The older sheet shows the healed man kneeling with his arms lifted and the others walking off. This one draws him bowed right down at Jesus' feet, which is the posture Luke actually describes. The two sheets sit either side of the same verse, so you can print both and compare.
Is the picture upsetting for young children?
No. Nothing about the illness is shown. By the time this scene happens Luke says the men were already cleansed, so the page is about the thank-you rather than the sickness.
Why does it matter that he was a Samaritan?
Samaritans and Jews avoided each other, so the one who came back was the one nobody in the crowd expected. It is worth mentioning to an older child, because it is the sting in the story.
Does this suit a Thanksgiving lesson?
It is a short passage about gratitude with a clear picture in it, and this sheet is drawn to be colored while the story is read aloud.
