But only one thing is [really] needful. For Mary has made the better choice, which will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And she had a sister named Mary who was also sitting at the Lord’s feet, listening to what He said. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and was listening to His teaching. American Standard Version (1901) And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet, and heard his word. Common English Bible She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his message. Catholic Public Domain Version And she had a sister, named Mary, who, while sitting beside the Lord's feet, was listening to his word. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord's feet, heard his word. |
But only one thing is [really] needful. For Mary has made the better choice, which will not be taken away from her.”
And it happened after three days that they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the middle of the [Jewish] teachers, listening to them and asking questions.
People went out to see [i.e., to find out] what had happened. And [when] they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the evil spirits had been driven out sitting down at Jesus’ feet with his clothes on and perfectly sane, they were afraid.
Now a certain man named Lazarus, from Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. [See 11:18].
and many of Martha and Mary’s Jewish friends had come to comfort them over [the loss of] their brother.
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive, aromatic perfume; [it was] genuine nard, [Note: This was a sweet-smelling herb] and she poured [some of] it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. The [whole] house was filled with the fragrant scent of the perfume.
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, in Cilicia, but raised [here] in this city [i.e., Jerusalem]. [I was] instructed by Gamaliel [i.e., a renowned Jewish rabbi of the time] according to the strictest methods of observing the law of our forefathers. [I was very] eager to serve God, just as all of you are here today.