42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[a](A) Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:42 Some manuscripts but only one thing is needed

42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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One thing(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.

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One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

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Lord, you alone are my portion(A) and my cup;(B)
    you make my lot(C) secure.
The boundary lines(D) have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.(E)

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The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

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27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(A) and they follow me.(B) 28 I give them eternal life,(C) and they shall never perish;(D) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(E)

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27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

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14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(A) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(B) welling up to eternal life.”(C)

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14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

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24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(A) has eternal life(B) and will not be judged(C) but has crossed over from death to life.(D)

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24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(A)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(B)

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25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor,(A) and you will have treasure in heaven.(B) Then come, follow me.”

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22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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

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And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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15 As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
    when I awake,(A) I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.(B)

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15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

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36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,(A)
    my portion(B) in the land of the living.”(C)

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I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

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19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you(A) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.(B) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

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19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

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