He will also 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 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 all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child will this be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him.

But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart.

Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him,

So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, 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.

But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

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

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,

Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer;

men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

The Importance of Watching

“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

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

And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”

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