“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.

Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.”

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

The Great Commission

Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,

When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

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

And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Watch Yourselves

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.