When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all humanity.
Luke 10:42 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised but one thing is necessary. , Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Common English Bible One thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the better part. It won’t be taken away from her.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her. |
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all humanity.
For what does it benefit someone to gain the whole world and yet lose his life?
She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what he said.
He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.’
‘But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
So he called the manager in and asked, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.”
‘ “Son,” Abraham said, “remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
When Jesus heard this, he told him, ‘You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.’
Now a man was ill #– #Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
Then Mary took about half a litre of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent #– #Jesus Christ.
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well , of water springing up in him for eternal life.’
‘Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgement but has passed from death to life.
Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship #– #the gods your ancestors worshipped beyond the River Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.’
Joshua then told the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen to worship the Lord.’ ‘We are witnesses,’ they said.