Luke 10:42

Martha And Mary

⁴¹ But the Lord answered [and] said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many [things]! ⁴² But few [things] are necessary, or [only] one [thing], for Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."

One Thing is Needed

Luke

Mary

Psalm 27:4

One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I invoke as a witness against you {today} the heaven and the earth: life and death I have set {before you}, blessing and curse. So choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring,

Joshua 24:15

But if it is bad in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you want to serve, whether it is the gods that your ancestors served beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you [are] living; but as for me and my household, we will serve Yahweh."

Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said to the people, "You [are] witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves to serve Yahweh." And they said, "[We are] witnesses."

Psalm 16:5-6

Yahweh [is] the portion [which is] my share and my cup. You hold my lot.

Psalm 17:15

[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.

Psalm 73:25

Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.

Psalm 119:30

I have chosen [the] faithful way; I have set your ordinances [before me].

Psalm 119:111

I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they [are] the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:173

Let your hand be my help, because I have chosen your precepts.

Psalm 142:5

I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

Mark 8:36

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Luke 8:18

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

Luke 16:2

And he summoned him [and] said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.'

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.

Luke 18:22

And [when he] heard [this], Jesus said to him, "{You still lack one thing}: Sell all that you have, and distribute [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

John 4:14

But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

John 5:24

Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

John 10:27-28

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 17:3

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

Romans 8:35-39

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

1 Corinthians 13:3

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

Colossians 2:10-19

and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority,

Colossians 3:3-4

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 Peter 1:4-5

into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you

1 John 5:11-12

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.