Luke 10:42

Contemporary English Version 1995

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

Cross References

Psalm 27:4

I ask only one thing, Lord: Let me live in your house every day of my life to see how wonderful you are and to pray in your temple.

John 4:14

But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give will become in that person a flowing fountain that gives eternal life.”

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

Psalm 73:25

In heaven I have only you, and on this earth you are all I want.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said, “There is one thing you still need to do. Go and sell everything you own! Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and be my follower.”

John 17:3

Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

Psalm 17:15

I am innocent, Lord, and I will see your face! When I awake, all I want is to see you as you are.

Mark 8:36

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself?

Psalm 142:5

I pray to you, Lord! You are my place of safety, and you are my choice in the land of the living. Please answer my prayer. I am completely helpless.

Deuteronomy 30:19

Now I call the sky and the earth to be witnesses that I am offering you this choice. Will you choose for the Lord to make you prosperous and give you a long life? Or will he put you under a curse and kill you? Choose life!

Psalm 119:30

I am determined to be faithful and to respect your laws.

Luke 8:18

Pay attention to how you listen! Everyone who has something will be given more, but people who have nothing will lose what little they think they have.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

Psalm 119:111

They will always be my most prized possession and my source of joy.

1 Corinthians 13:3

What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive? I would gain nothing, unless I loved others.

Luke 12:33

Sell what you have and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves moneybags that never wear out. Make sure your treasure is safe in heaven, where thieves cannot steal it and moths cannot destroy it.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Everything you were taught can be put into a few words: Respect and obey God! This is what life is all about.

Luke 16:25

Abraham answered, “My friend, remember that while you lived, you had everything good, and Lazarus had everything bad. Now he is happy, and you are in pain.

Joshua 24:22

Joshua said, “You have heard yourselves say that you will worship and obey the Lord. Isn't that true?” “Yes, it's true,” they answered.

Joshua 24:15

But if you don't want to worship the Lord, then choose here and now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you're living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you'll worship their gods. I won't. My family and I are going to worship and obey the Lord!

Psalm 119:173

Be ready to protect me because I have chosen to obey your laws.

Galatians 5:6

If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.

Luke 16:2

So the rich man called him in and said, “What is this I hear about you? Tell me what you have done! You are no longer going to work for me.”

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down in front of the Lord and was listening to what he said.

Luke 11:1

When Jesus had finished praying, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his followers to pray.”

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

John 11:1

A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair.

John 11:19

and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.

John 12:3

Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume and poured it on Jesus' feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house.