Luke 10:42

New Century Version

Only one thing is important. Mary has chosen the better thing, and it will never be taken away from her.”

Cross References

Psalm 119:111

I will follow your rules forever, because they make me happy.

Psalm 119:173

Give me your helping hand, because I have chosen your commands.

Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of truth; I have obeyed your laws.

Psalm 142:5

Lord, I cry out to you. I say, “You are my protection. You are all I want in this life.”

Psalm 17:15

Because I have lived right, I will see your face. When I wake up, I will see your likeness and be satisfied.

Psalm 27:4

I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord’s house all my life. Let me see the Lord’s beauty and look with my own eyes at his Temple.

Psalm 73:25

I have no one in heaven but you; I want nothing on earth besides you.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Now, everything has been heard, so I give my final advice: Honor God and obey his commands, because this is all people must do.

Mark 8:36

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls.

Luke 10:39

Martha had a sister named Mary, who was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to him teach.

Luke 11:1

One time Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his followers said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his followers.”

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Get for yourselves purses that will not wear out, the treasure in heaven that never runs out, where thieves can’t steal and moths can’t destroy.

Luke 16:2

So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of what you have done with my money, because you can’t be my manager any longer.’

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember when you were alive you had the good things in life, but bad things happened to Lazarus. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell everything you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Luke 8:18

So be careful how you listen. Those who have understanding will be given more. But those who do not have understanding, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.”

John 11:1

A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany, where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

John 11:19

Many of the Jews had come there to comfort Martha and Mary about their brother.

John 12:3

Mary brought in a pint of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She poured the perfume on Jesus’ feet, and then she wiped his feet with her hair. And the sweet smell from the perfume filled the whole house.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life.”

John 5:24

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears what I say and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life. That person will not be judged guilty but has already left death and entered life.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

1 Corinthians 13:3

I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing if I do not have love.

Galatians 5:6

When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Deuteronomy 30:19

Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your children may live.

Joshua 24:15

But if you don’t want to serve the Lord, you must choose for yourselves today whom you will serve. You may serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, or you may serve the gods of the Amorites who lived in this land. As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:22

Then Joshua said, “You are your own witnesses that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” The people said, “Yes, we are.”