42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. …
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: …
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.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-42)We may observe in this story, I. The entertainment which Martha gave to Christ and his disciples at her house, Luke 10:38. Observe, 1. Christ’s coming to the village where Martha lived: As they went (Christ and his disciples together), he and they with him entered into a certain village . This village was Bethany , nigh to Jerusalem, whither Christ was now going up, and he took this in his way. No…
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