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Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Matthew 1:23
KnoWhy #654
January 10, 2023
Why Do We Have Multiple Accounts of Jesus’s Birth?
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.
Luke 8:5, 8:8, Matthew 13:3, 13:8, Mark 4:4, 4:8
KnoWhy #663
March 21, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
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.
Luke 8:5, 8:8, Matthew 13:3, 13:8, Mark 4:4, 4:8
KnoWhy #663
March 21, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
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.
Matthew 13:24–25
KnoWhy #660
February 28, 2023
What Does the Parable of the Wheat and Tares Teach about the Apostasy?
A grape vineyard. The parable of the laborers in the vineyard teaches lessons about the economy of the Kingdom of Heaven and the love of God for his children. Adobe Stock image.
Matthew 20:6–7
KnoWhy #670
May 9, 2023
What Does the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard Teach about God’s Mercy?
Jorge Cocco's painting, "The Father's Two Sons," depicts the two sons in the parable, representing Jesus Christ and Lucifer.
Matthew 21:28–29
KnoWhy #671
May 16, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Sons Teach about Christ?
"The Ten Virgins," by Jorge Cocco, shows the wise virgins from Jesus' parable, with oil in their lamps and vessels, and the foolish virgins, who were not prepared with oil.
Matthew 25:1
KnoWhy #672
May 23, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Ten Virgins Offer Us Direction in Life?
Peter looks away as Christ passes by in the hands of his accusers in this painting by Carl Bloch, "Peter's Denial."
Matthew 26:34
KnoWhy #673
May 30, 2023
Why Did Peter Deny Knowing Jesus?
The Baptism of the Christ with Dove by Daniel Bonnell. Image via Fine Art America.
Mark 1:11
KnoWhy #655
January 24, 2023
Why Was Jesus Proclaimed the Son of God at His Baptism?
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.
Luke 8:5, 8:8, Matthew 13:3, 13:8, Mark 4:4, 4:8
KnoWhy #663
March 21, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
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.
Luke 8:5, 8:8, Matthew 13:3, 13:8, Mark 4:4, 4:8
KnoWhy #663
March 21, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
Jesus stands on trial before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin in this still from a Life of Jesus Christ Bible Video. Courtesy image from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mark 15:1
KnoWhy #676
June 20, 2023
Why Was Jesus Put On Trial and Crucified?
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.
Luke 8:5, 8:8, Matthew 13:3, 13:8, Mark 4:4, 4:8
KnoWhy #663
March 21, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Sower Help Us Understand Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life?
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.
Luke 8:5, 8:8, Matthew 13:3, 13:8, Mark 4:4, 4:8
KnoWhy #663
March 21, 2023
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.
Luke 11:5–6
KnoWhy #662
March 14, 2023
What Do the Parables of the Importuning Friend and Widow Teach Us about Prayer?
Both sons are represented in a video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints depicting Jesus's parable of the Prodigal Son. Image and screenshot courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
Luke 15:22–24
KnoWhy #669
May 2, 2023
How Does the Parable of the Prodigal Son Teach Us about Repentance?
A watercolor illustration of the empty tomb by Maryna Kriuchenko
Luke 24:5–6
KnoWhy #665
April 4, 2023
Why Are the Gospel Accounts of the Resurrection Credible?
The tiled mosaic of The Bronze serpent on the desert and Moses in church All Saints by Matthew Digby Wyatt 1820-1877.
John 3:14–15
KnoWhy #657
February 6, 2023
Why Did Jesus Compare Himself to the Brazen Serpent?
A still from the Bible video "Ye Are The Temple of God," depicting Paul teaching in front of the temple. Screenshot courtesy churchofjesuschrist.org
John 8:12
KnoWhy #668
April 25, 2023
How Does John Portray Jesus as the Way of the Temple?
On the left, Jesus offers his intercessory prayer for his disciples, on the right, a formerly crippled man healed by Peter enters the temple for the first time. Images courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
John 17:1
KnoWhy #674
June 6, 2023
How Does Jesus’s Intercessory Prayer Point Us to the Temple?
"The Sacrificial Lamb" by Josefa de Ayala. Public Domain Image.
John 18:4–5
KnoWhy #675
June 13, 2023
How Does the Gospel of John Reflect the Day of Atonement?
As Stephen preached before the council, he recited Israelite history. Screenshot from Bible Videos published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Acts 7:52
KnoWhy #679
July 11, 2023
Why Did Stephen Rehearse Israelite History?
Peter teaches during the Jerusalem Council about God's injunction to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles. Screenshot from Bible Video of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Acts 15:5–6
KnoWhy #680
July 18, 2023
Why Was the Jerusalem Council Important?
Paul preaches to Athenians on Mars Hill. Still from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Acts 17:28
KnoWhy #681
July 25, 2023
How Did Paul Interact with Greek Philosophies in Athens?
Detail from "The Conversion of Saint Paul" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Public Domain Image.
Acts 26:13–14
KnoWhy #682
August 1, 2023
Why Are There Different Accounts of Paul's Conversion?
Paul sits in a jail cell, writing an epistle. Image from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Romans 3:23–24
KnoWhy #683
August 8, 2023
What Did Grace Mean to Paul?
Paul dictates a letter from a jail cell. Image from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Romans 9:30
KnoWhy #684
August 15, 2023
How Did Paul Understand Faith?
Paul sits and teaches a group of men and women. Image from Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1 Corinthians 7:2
KnoWhy #685
August 22, 2023
What Did Paul Really Teach about Marriage?
A young woman takes a cup of water from the tray during the Sacrament ordinance. Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1 Corinthians 11:26
KnoWhy #686
August 29, 2023
Why Are We Invited to Partake of the Sacrament with Our Right Hand?
The baptistry of the Hamilton, New Zealand Temple. Baptisms for the dead are performed by proxy in temples all over the world. Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1 Corinthians 15:29
KnoWhy #687
September 5, 2023
Why Are People Baptized for the Dead?
Paul writes an epistle. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2 Corinthians 5:19
KnoWhy #688
September 12, 2023
How Does Paul Use Chiasmus to Teach about Jesus’s Atonement?
Detail of Michelangelo's “The Last Judgment.”
2 Corinthians 12:2–4
KnoWhy #689
September 19, 2023
What Did Early Christians Teach about the Three Degrees of Glory?