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Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Sower," which depicts a man walking with a bag of seeds and tossing them into soil along his path, as described in Jesus's parable.
March 21, 2023
KnoWhy #663; Luke 8:5, 8; cf. Matthew 13:3, 8; Mark 4:4, 8
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
Jorge Cocco's drawing, "The Persistent Widow," depicting a widow kneeling as she appeals to a judge.
March 14, 2023
KnoWhy #662; Luke 11:5–6
What Do the Parables of the Importuning Friend and Widow Teach Us about Prayer?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "Let Them Grow Together," depicting the owner of the field instructing his servants not to remove the tares, but to let the wheat and tares grow together.
February 28, 2023
KnoWhy #660; Matthew 13:24–25
What Does the Parable of the Wheat and Tares Teach about the Apostasy?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Rock and the Sand," depicting Jesus' parable of the house built on the rock and the house built on sand.
February 21, 2023
KnoWhy #659; Luke 6:47–48; cf. Matthew 7:24–25
How Can We Build Our Foundations on a Rock?
The Baptism of the Christ with Dove by Daniel Bonnell. Image via Fine Art America.
January 24, 2023
KnoWhy #655; Mark 1:11; cf. Matthew 3:17; Luke 3:22
Why Was Jesus Proclaimed the Son of God at His Baptism?
Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
January 10, 2023
KnoWhy 654; Matthew 1:23; cf. Isaiah 7:14
Why Do We Have Multiple Accounts of Jesus’s Birth?
Impression of a seal bearing the words "Belonging to Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz king of Judah" and showing a winged sun and ankhs. Image via HaAretz.
December 13, 2022
KnoWhy 653; Malachi 4:2
Why Does Malachi Refer to the Sun of Righteousness?
A sarcophagus relief of Jonah and Jesus Christ.
November 23, 2022
KnoWhy 652; Matthew 12:39–40
What Is the Sign of Jonah?
Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith by Tom Lovell and the Prophet Joel by Michelangelo.
November 8, 2022
KnoWhy 651; Joel 2:28
Why Did Moroni Quote from the Book of Joel?
Left: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt. Right: Lehi Prophesying in Jerusalem by Arnold Friberg.
October 20, 2022
KnoWhy 650; 1 Nephi 1:4
How Did Jeremiah’s and Lehi’s Ministries Reflect One Another?
Left: Portrait of King Hezekiah generated by Midjourney. Right. Portrait of Jesus Christ by Heinrich Hofmann.
September 27, 2022
KnoWhy 648; Isaiah 53:10
Why Did Isaiah Prophesy of a Suffering Messiah?
Portrait of Isaiah and Jesus Christ. Images generated by Midjourney.
September 20, 2022
KnoWhy 647;
How Did Isaiah Prophesy of the Savior?
God on his throne surrounded by seraphim. Image by the Full of Eyes project at fullofeyes.com
September 6, 2022
KnoWhy 645; 2 Nephi 16:1–2; Isaiah 6:1–2
Why Did Isaiah Refer to the Heavenly Hosts as “Seraphim”?
The personification of Wisdom with an understanding heart as described in Proverbs 8. Image generated with Midjourney AI.
August 30, 2022
KnoWhy 644; Mosiah 12:27
What Does It Mean to “Apply Your Heart to Understanding”?
Abel and Melchizedek bringing their offerings to the altar. Mosaic in Basilica of St. Vitale, Ravenna. Image via templestudy.com
August 23, 2022
KnoWhy #643; JST Genesis 14:13
How Does the Joseph Smith Translation Teach Us about Melchizedek?
Relief from a 2nd century Roman sarcophagus depicting a traditional Roman marriage. Image via the British Museum.
August 16, 2022
KnoWhy 642; Psalm 73:23–24
Why Does the Psalmist Speak about Grasping God’s Hand?
Christ of Saint John on the Cross by Salvador Dali.
August 9, 2022
KnoWhy 641; Psalm 22:16
Does Psalm 22 Really Say “They Pierced My Hands and My Feet”?
Job praying by Gary Kapp. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
August 2, 2022
KnoWhy #640; Job 42:5
How Can the Book of Job Teach Us about the Temple?
Image of women gleaning in a field. Artist unknown.
July 26, 2022
KnoWhy 639; Proverbs 31:10
Why Were Women Important in Ancient Israel?
Solomon's prayer at the consecration of the temple. Artist unknown.
July 19, 2022
KnoWhy 638; Nehemiah 8:6
Why Did Ancient Israelites Lift Their Hands in Praise?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70. Painting by David Roberts, 1850 via Wikimedia Commons.
July 12, 2022
KnoWhy 637; 1 Nephi 17:43
Why Did the Lord Allow Jerusalem to Be Destroyed?
A red algae bloom in the wetlands of Parco delle Cave. Image via Milano Today.
March 31, 2022
KnoWhy 631; Exodus 7:3, 5
Why Were Particular Plagues Sent against Egypt?
Photo of a bible by kiwihug via Unsplash.
January 18, 2022
KnoWhy 628; 1 Nephi 13:28
Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?
Judith and Holofernes by Jan de Bray. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
August 10, 2021
KnoWhy 613; Doctrine and Covenants 91:1, 4–5
Why Study Ancient Apocryphal Literature?
“Christ Appears in the Kirtland Temple” by Walter Rane
January 19, 2021
KnoWhy 591; 3 Nephi 25:5–6
Why Did Moroni Quote Malachi about Elijah’s Coming?
The First Vision by Jorge Cocco, submitted to the 2017 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
September 15, 2020
KnoWhy 578; 3 Nephi 11:7
Why Does the Father Say “Hear Ye Him”?
“And They Did Cast Him Out.” Painting by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
September 1, 2020
KnoWhy 576; Helaman 13:3
How Are Samuel the Lamanite and the Biblical Prophet Samuel Similar?
Lord of Prayer by Yungsung Kim. Image via Lighthaven
June 2, 2020
564; Alma 7:11
Whose “Word” Was Fulfilled by Christ’s Suffering “Pains and Sicknesses”?
"Coriantumr" by James Fullmer.
May 5, 2020
KnoWhy #560; Mosiah 12:6–7
Why Did Abinadi Warn the People of an East Wind?
“Sherem Talking to Others” via Gospel Media Library
March 17, 2020
KnoWhy #554; Jacob 7:14
Why Did Jacob Include the Case of Sherem?