Luke 10:42
but of one thing there is need, and Mary chose the good part; that will not be taken away from her.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
41And Jesus answering said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disquieted about many things,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:19I have caused the heavens and the earth to testify against you today—I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the reviling, and you have fixed on life, so that you live, you and your seed,
Joshua 24:22And Joshua says to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen YHWH for yourselves, to serve Him,” and they say, “Witnesses!”
Psalms 17:15I—in righteousness, || I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
Psalms 73:25Whom do I have in the heavens? And none have I desired in earth [besides] You.
Psalms 119:111I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, || For they [are] the joy of my heart.
Psalms 142:5I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:39-42
Martha and Mary. 38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about… Read the whole commentary →