Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Luke 10:42 - English Standard Version 2016 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which 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. |
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
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.”