Luke 10:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴² but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² There is need of only one or but a few things. Mary has chosen the good portion [that which is to her advantage], which shall not be taken away from her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Common English Bible

⁴² One thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the better part. It won’t be taken away from her.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And yet only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the best portion, and it shall not be taken away from her."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Luke 10:42 Cross References

Psalm 119:111

Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:173

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me.

Psalm 142:5

I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I asked of the Lord; this I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.

Mark 8:36

For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to what he was saying.

Luke 11:1

He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 16:2

So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 8:18

So pay attention to how you listen, for to those who have, more will be given, and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.”

John 11:1

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:19

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

John 12:3

Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 4:14

but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”

John 5:24

Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

Joshua 24:15

Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:22

Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”