Luke 10:42

Jesus says only one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good portion that will not be taken away. Communion with Christ is the lasting priority.

Cross-references · 30

• Ps 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
• Ps 16:5–6The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
• John 10:27–28My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
• Ps 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
• John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
• Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
• Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
• Ps 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• Mark 8:36What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
• Deut 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
• 1 Jn 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
• Ps 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
• Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• Col 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
• Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• 1 Pet 1:4–5and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
• Eccl 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
• Ps 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
• Luke 8:18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
• Josh 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
• 1 Cor 13:3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
• Col 2:10–19And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
• Josh 24:22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
• Ps 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
• Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
• Luke 16:2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

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