“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.