Luke 10:42 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁴² but few things are needed – or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² 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)

⁴² but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Common English Bible

⁴² One thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the better part. It won’t be taken away from her.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² 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

⁴² But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Luke 10:42 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:111

Your statutes are my heritage for ever; they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:173

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

Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.

Psalm 142:5

I cry to you, Lord; I say, ‘You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.’

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall be vindicated and shall see your face; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

Psalm 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Mark 8:36

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Luke 10:39

She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

Luke 11:1

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’

Luke 12:20

‘But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?”

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 16:2

So he called him in and asked him, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.”

Luke 16:25

‘But Abraham replied, “Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, ‘You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’

Luke 8:18

Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.’

John 11:1

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

John 11:19

and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.

John 12:3

Then Mary took about half a litre of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

John 17:3

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

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’

John 5:24

‘Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.’

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Deuteronomy 30:19

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

Joshua 24:15

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.’

Joshua 24:22

Then Joshua said, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.’ ‘Yes, we are witnesses,’ they replied.