Luke 10:42

Martha And Mary

⁴¹ But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, ⁴² but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her."

One Thing is Needed

Luke

Mary

Psalm 27:4

I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

Deuteronomy 30:19

Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!

Joshua 24:15

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"

Joshua 24:22

Joshua said to the people, "Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?" They replied, "We are witnesses!"

Psalm 16:5-6

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

Psalm 73:25

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

Psalm 119:30

I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations.

Psalm 119:111

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

Psalm 119:173

May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.

Psalm 142:5

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Mark 8:36

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

Luke 8:18

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Luke 16:2

So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.'

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

John 4:14

But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."

John 5:24

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to 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 sent.

Romans 8:35-39

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

Colossians 2:10-19

and you have been 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

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

1 John 5:11-12

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