Luke 10:42

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: To dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, To gaze on the Lord’s beauty, to visit his temple.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 5:24

Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.

Psalm 73:25

Whom else have I in the heavens? None beside you delights me on earth.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this he said to him, “There is still one thing left for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Psalm 17:15

I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.

Mark 8:36

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Psalm 142:5

I look to my right hand to see that there is no one willing to acknowledge me. My escape has perished; no one cares for me.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live,

Psalm 119:30

The way of loyalty I have chosen; I have kept your judgments.

Luke 8:18

Take care, then, how you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he seems to have will be taken away.” Jesus and His Family.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’

Psalm 119:111

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

1 Corinthians 13:3

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

Luke 12:33

Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Luke 16:25

Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.

Joshua 24:22

Joshua therefore said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” They replied, “We are witnesses!”

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Psalm 119:173

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

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. Be Not Misled.

Luke 16:2

He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary [who] sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.

Luke 11:1

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

John 6:27

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

John 11:1

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

John 11:19

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

John 12:3

Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.