Luke 10:42
Good News Translation
but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her."

New Revised Standard Version
there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Contemporary English Version
but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her."

New American Bible
There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.

one.

Luke 18:22 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

Psalm 73:25 For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

1 Corinthians 13:3 And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.

Colossians 2:10 And you are filled in him, who is the head of all principality and power.

*etc:

1 John 5:11,12 And this is the testimony that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son. . . .

chosen.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Joshua 24:15,22 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord, . . .

Psalm 17:15 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.

Psalm 119:30,111,173 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten. . . .

good.

Psalm 16:5,6 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. . . .

Psalm 142:5 I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

which.

Luke 8:18 Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath shall be taken away from him.

Luke 12:20,33 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? . . .

Luke 16:2,25 And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer. . . .

John 4:14 But the water that I will give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.

John 5:24 Amen, amen, I say unto you that he who heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath life everlasting: and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life.

John 10:27,28 My sheep hear my voice. And I know them: and they follow me. . . .

Romans 8:35-39 Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? Or distress? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or danger? Or persecution? Or the sword? . . .

Colossians 3:3,4 For you are dead: and your life is hid with Christ in God. . . .

1 Peter 1:4,5 Unto an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled and that cannot fade, reserved in heaven for you, . . .

Context
Martha and Mary
41And the Lord answering, said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art careful and art troubled about many things: 42But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Cross References
Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

Psalm 119:173
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Luke 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary. who, sitting also at the Lord's feet, heard his word.

Luke 11:1
And it came to pass that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.

John 11:1
Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sister.

John 11:19
And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

John 12:3
Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Luke 10:41
Top of Page
Top of Page