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

Murder Begins in the Heart

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’

Adultery in the Heart

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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

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

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.

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

For 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 the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.

‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

“So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’