Noun kardia (heart) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more litteral meaning)


Matthew

5: 8"Blessed are the pure in heart (kardia), for they will see God.
5: 28But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart (kardia).
6: 21For where your treasure is, there your heart (kardia) will be also.
9: 4But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts (kardia)?
11: 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart (kardia), and you will find rest for your souls.
12: 34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart (kardia) the mouth speaks.
12: 40For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart (kardia) of the earth.
13: 15For this people's heart (kardia) has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart (kardia) and turn - and I would heal them.'
13: 19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart (kardia); this is what was sown on the path.
15: 8'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts (kardia) are far from me;
15: 18But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart (kardia), and this is what defiles.
15: 19For out of the heart (kardia) come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
18: 35So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart (kardia)."
22: 37He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart (kardia), and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
24: 48But if that wicked slave says in his heart (kardia), 'My master is delayed,'

Mark

2: 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts (kardia),
2: 8At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves; and he said to them, "Why do you raise such questions in your hearts (kardia)?
3: 5He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart (kardia) and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
6: 52for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts (kardia) were hardened.
7: 6He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts (kardia) are far from me;
7: 19since it enters, not the heart (kardia) but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
7: 21For it is from within, from the human heart (kardia), that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder,
8: 17And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts (kardia) hardened?
11: 23Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and if you do not doubt in your heart (kardia), but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.
12: 30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart (kardia), and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
12: 33and 'to love him with all the heart (kardia), and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,' and 'to love one's neighbor as oneself,' - this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Luke

1: 17With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts (kardia) of parents to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
1: 51He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts (kardia).
1: 66All who heard them put them in their heart (kardia) and said, "What then will this child become?" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.
2: 19But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart (kardia).
2: 35so that the inner thoughts of many hearts (kardia) will be revealed - and a sword will pierce your own soul too."
2: 51Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart (kardia).
3: 15As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts (kardia) concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah,
5: 22When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, "Why do you raise such questions in your hearts (kardia)?
6: 45The good person out of the good treasure of the heart (kardia) produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart (kardia) that the mouth speaks.
8: 12The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts (kardia), so that they may not believe and be saved.
8: 15But 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 (kardia), and bear fruit with patient endurance.
9: 47But Jesus, aware of what was discussed in their hearts (kardia), took a little child and put it by his side,
10: 27He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart (kardia), and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
12: 34For where your treasure is, there your heart (kardia) will be also.
12: 45But if that slave says in his heart (kardia), 'My master is delayed in coming,' and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
16: 15So he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts (kardia); for what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God.
21: 14So put in your hearts (kardia) not to prepare your defense in advance;
21: 34"Be on guard so that your hearts (kardia) are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,
24: 25Then he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart (kardia) to believe all that the prophets have declared!
24: 32They said to each other, "Were not our hearts (kardia) burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?"
24: 38He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts (kardia)?

John

12: 40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart (kardia), so that they might not look with their eyes, and understand with their heart (kardia) and turn - and I would heal them."
13: 2The devil had already put it into the heart (kardia) of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper
14: 1"Do not let your hearts (kardia) be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.
14: 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts (kardia) be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
16: 6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts (kardia).
16: 22So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts (kardia) will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Acts

2: 26therefore my heart (kardia) was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will live in hope.
2: 37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart (kardia) and said to Peter and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"
2: 46Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts (kardia),
4: 32Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart (kardia) and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.
5: 3"Ananias," Peter asked, "why has Satan filled your heart (kardia) to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
5: 4While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart (kardia)? You did not lie to us but to God!"
7: 23"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart (kardia) to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
7: 39Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts (kardia) they turned back to Egypt,
7: 51"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart (kardia) and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
7: 54When they heard these things, they became enraged in their hearts (kardia) and ground their teeth at Stephen.
8: 21You have no part or share in this, for your heart (kardia) is not right before God.
8: 22Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart (kardia) may be forgiven you.
11: 23When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast heart (kardia);
13: 22When he had removed him, he made David their king. In his testimony about him he said, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after my heart (kardia), who will carry out all my wishes.'
14: 17yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good - giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling you with food and your hearts (kardia) with joy."
15: 9and in cleansing their hearts (kardia) by faith he has made no distinction between them and us.
16: 14A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart (kardia) to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul.
21: 13Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart (kardia)? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
28: 27For this people's heart (kardia) has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart (kardia) and turn - and I would heal them.'

1 John

3: 19And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts (kardia) before him
3: 20whenever our hearts (kardia) condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts (kardia), and he knows everything.
3: 21Beloved, if our hearts (kardia) do not condemn us, we have boldness before God;