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

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

and Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.

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

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

When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?

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

The ones on 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.

But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with endurance.

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 your heart will be also.

So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.

The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.

Exhortation to Watch

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!

They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?