Luke 10:42
but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
41And Jesus answering said to her, 'Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:19'I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,
Joshua 24:22And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, 'Witnesses!')
Psalms 17:15I — in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!
Psalms 73:25Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
Psalms 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
Psalms 142:5I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] 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 →