Luke 10:42

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But one thing is needful - That is, religion, or piety. This is eminently and especially needful. Other things are of little importance. This sho...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Martha and Mary (Lk. only). Perhaps the connexion is that after charity comes faith. The next duty after love of one's neighbour is that of listeni...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

one thing , &c.. of one of [them] is there need. Not the unspiritual idea of "one dish", as there were not two or more as in our days. The Lord...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

42. But one thing is necessary. Some give a very meager interpretation of these words, as if they meant that one sort of dish is enough. (2...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1517 MARTHA AND MARY’S CHARACTERS COMPARED Luke 10:41-42 . Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and tro...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1518 ONE THING NEEDFUL Luke 10:42 . One thing is needful HERE we are introduced, as it were, into the bosom of a holy family; and h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. One thing is needful - This is the end of the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But one thing is needful:— "There is one thing absolutely necessary, and of infinitely greater importance than any of those domestic and secula...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. But one thing is needful. The idea of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Seventy. The Good Samaritan. Martha and Mary 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus at the house of Martha and Mary (peculiar to Lk). It is a striking confirmation of the historic truth of the Fourth Gospel, that the characte...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

But one thing is needful ] 'There is no need of an elaborate meal. A few dishes or even one would suffice. Indeed, only one portion is really necess...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But one thing is needful. — Some of the better MSS. present a singular various-reading, There is need of few things, or of one only. It is obviou...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 20 THE TWO SISTERS. Luke 10:38-42 AT first sight it appears as if our Evangelist had departed from the orderly arrangement of which he...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Learning the Lord's Secrets Luke 10:38-42 ; Luke 11:1-4 This Bethany idyl follows the story of the Good Samaritan naturally. The village lay a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(38) Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house. (39)...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS Reader! in pondering the several weighty and important things contained in this chapter, let us both look again and again to the Almight...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE TWO SISTERS ‘Now it came to pass, as they went, that He entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But one thing is needful ,.... Meaning not that one dish of meat was sufficient, and there was no need of any more, in opposition to Martha's carefu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Ver. 42. But one thing is necessary ] That...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It came to pass as they went As they journeyed to Jerusalem, whither it seems he was going to celebrate the feast of dedication: he entered into a...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Martha and Mary. 38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a cer...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

At Home With Martha and Mary (10:38-42). As Luke is building up to the eventual giving of the Lord's Prayer ( Luke 11:1-4 ) we have seen how He ha...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But one thing is needful (some see it as ‘only one course of food is needful'), for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away fro...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 10:38 . A certain village .—There can be no doubt that this was Bethany, and that the persons mentioned were sisters of Laza...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 10:41-42 The Good Part of Mary. I. It would appear from this incident, on our Saviour's own authority, that there are two ways of serving Hi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 10:38-40 . Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her h...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 10:1 . The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two. This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the e...
The Biblical Illustrator

Martha received Him into her house Christ’s visit to Martha and Mary I. THE CONDUCT OF CHRIST IS TO BE CONSIDERED. 1. It is observable that...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 10:1-42 The mission of the seventy. The Lord ' s words to them of instruction and direction and warning. Luke 10:1...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mary and Martha.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:3 ; 1 John 5:11 ; 1 John 5:12 ; 1 Peter 1:4 ; 1 Peter 1:5 ; Colossians 2:10 ; Colossians 3:3 ; Colossians 3:4 ; Deuteronomy...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Martha and Mary Luke 10:38-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have before us the human Christ. When we say the human Christ, we do not mean that He w...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mary hath chosen the good part — To save her soul. Reader, hast thou?

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

Related Commentaries of Luke 10:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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