Luke 10:42

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“But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.””

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BSBPD

“But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 10:42 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
  2. Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
  3. Joshua 24:22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
  4. Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
  5. Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
  6. Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
  7. Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
  8. Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
  9. Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  10. Psalms 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
  11. Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  12. Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
  13. Mark 8:36What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
  14. Luke 8:18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
  15. Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  16. Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
  17. Luke 16:2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
  18. Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
  19. Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  20. John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  21. John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  22. John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
  23. John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  24. Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

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