But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah.

He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”

All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.

Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured,

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.

But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”

When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.