But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

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.”

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

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

And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

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.

And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.

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

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

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

And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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,

And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities.

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

who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.

Love Your Enemies

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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.

Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”

And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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.

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.

And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

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.

Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”

Herod Is Perplexed by Jesus

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.

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

“The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

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.”

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

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

When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

“Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

The Law and the Kingdom of God

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

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.

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

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.

And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.

The Parable of the Ten Minas

As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”

Beware of the Scribes

And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”

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.

And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.

Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips.”

Jesus Before Herod

When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.

And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”

And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?