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39 [a]She had a sister named Mary [who] sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.

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  1. 10:39 Sat beside the Lord at his feet: it is remarkable for first-century Palestinian Judaism that a woman would assume the posture of a disciple at the master’s feet (see also Lk 8:35; Acts 22:3), and it reveals a characteristic attitude of Jesus toward women in this gospel (see Lk 8:2–3).

42 [a]There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

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  1. 10:42 There is need of only one thing: some ancient versions read, “there is need of few things”; another important, although probably inferior, reading found in some manuscripts is, “there is need of few things, or of one.”