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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?
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”?
“Translating with Martin” by Anthony Sweat
December 19, 2019
KnoWhy #542; 2 Nephi 29:8
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 9: Above All, Were These Words Given by the Gift and Power of God?
Still Image from Roman Plates Exhibit
December 12, 2019
KnoWhy #541; 2 Nephi 27:17
Why Was the Heavenly Book Sealed with Seven Seals?
“Emma as Scribe” by Robert T. Pack
November 21, 2019
KnoWhy #540; Introduction to the Book of Mormon
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 8: Were These Expressions Parts of Joseph Smith's Linguistic Toolbox?
“Sons of Mosiah Praying” via Gospel Media Library
October 24, 2019
KnoWhy #537; Words of Mormon 1:1–2
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 7: How Often Did These Commonalities Come through the Hand of Mormon or Moroni?
Stumbling Block via bycommonconsent.com
October 10, 2019
KnoWhy #535; Jacob 4:15-16
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 6: Why Do Similar Clusters of Old Testament Texts Appear in Both?
“Lehi and the Brass Plates” by Jerry Thompson via Gospel Media Library
September 26, 2019
KnoWhy #533; Jacob 1:7; cf. Hebrews 3:8; Psalm 95:8
Why New Testament Words and Phrases Are in the Book of Mormon Part 5: How Often Were Scriptures on the Plates of Brass the Common Source?
“The Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist” by Jan Massijs
September 12, 2019
KnoWhy #531; Helaman 10:7; Matthew 16:19
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 4: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as the Source (Part B)
“Angel Appears to Alma and the Sons of Mosiah” by Jerry Thompson via Gospel Media Library
August 29, 2019
KnoWhy #529; Alma 7:9
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show up in the Book of Mormon? Part 3: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as a Source (Part A)
“My Other Sheep” by John Zamudio
August 22, 2019
KnoWhy #528; 3 Nephi 5:12-13
Why do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 2: The Resurrected Jesus as the Source
Image by Elias_Sch via Pixabay.com
August 2, 2019
KnoWhy #527; 3 Nephi 14:15
Why Must We Beware Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
“Sermon on the Mount: The Higher Law” via Gospel Media Library
July 19, 2019
KnoWhy #525; 2 Nephi 3:12
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
Seeking Christ. Image via Gospel Media Library.
June 26, 2019
KnoWhy 522; Mormon 9:24
Why Does Part of the Long Ending of Mark Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
Gethsemane by J. Kirk Richards.
June 13, 2019
KnoWhy #520; Mosiah 3:7
Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore?
“Whom Do Men Say That I the Son of Man Am?” via Gospel Media Library
May 23, 2019
KnoWhy #517; Moroni 10:32
What Does It Mean to Love God with “All Thy Mind”?
“The Empty Tomb” by Clark Kelley Price via lds.org
April 20, 2019
KnoWhy #511; 2 Nephi 9:6
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach Us about the Resurrection?
Jesus healing a blind man. Image via lds.org
March 28, 2019
KnoWhy #508; Mosiah 3:5, 9
Why Did Christ Perform Miracles?
Sell That Thou Hast via LDS Media Library
January 24, 2019
KnoWhy #499; Moroni 10:6
What Does It Really Mean to Be a Good Person?
Two Oxhyrhynchus Didache Fragments via bricecjones.com
July 17, 2018
KnoWhy #450; Moroni 6:5
What Can an Ancient Christian Text Tell us About the Book of Mormon?
Family Sitting outside a Temple via lds.org
August 4, 2017
KnoWhy #348; 3 Nephi 25:5-6
How Do the Bible and Book of Mormon Help Us Understand the Sealing Power?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
July 26, 2017
KnoWhy #344; 3 Nephi 18:15, 20–21
Why Does Jesus Say that “Ye Must Watch and Pray Always”?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
July 24, 2017
KnoWhy #343; Mosiah 5:11–12
Can Chiasmus Survive Translation?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
July 16, 2017
KnoWhy #340; Alma 34:9
How Did Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Authors Use Chiasmus?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
July 5, 2017
KnoWhy #335; 3 Nephi 12:48
What Does It Mean to Be Perfect?