'Necessary' in the Bible

and yet only one thing is really necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion and she shall not be deprived of it."

"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I mean, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

"It is necessary, therefore, that of the men who have been with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no burden heavier than these necessary requirements--

which he clearly explained, pointing out that it had been necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise again from the dead, and insisting, "The Jesus whom I am announcing to you is the Christ."

I have thought it absolutely necessary therefore to request these brethren to visit you before I myself come, and to make sure beforehand that the gift of love which you have already promised may be ready as a gift of love, and may not seem to have been something which I have extorted from you.

And for this purpose it was necessary that in all respects He should be made to resemble His brothers, so that He might become a compassionate and faithful High Priest in things relating to God, in order to atone for the sins of the people.