Verse 42

But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode delen, som ikke skal tas fra henne.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men bare ett er nødvendig: Maria har valgt den gode delen, som ikke skal tas fra henne."

• Norsk King James

  Men en ting er nødvendig: og Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt bort fra henne.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal tas fra henne.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal tas fra henne.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men ett er nødvendig, og Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Maria har valgt den gode delen, som ikke skal tas fra henne.»

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men bare én ting trengs. Maria har valgt den gode del, og den skal ikke bli tatt fra henne.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Men bare én ting trengs. Maria har valgt den gode del, og den skal ikke bli tatt fra henne.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Luke.10.42", "source": "Ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: Μαριά δὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο, ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.", "text": "Of *henos de estin chreia*: Mary *de* the *agathēn merida exelexato*, which not *aphairethēsetai ap'* her.", "grammar": { "*henos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - one thing", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - and/but", "*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd singular - is", "*chreia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - need/necessity", "*agathēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - good", "*merida*": "accusative, feminine, singular - portion/part", "*exelexato*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - has chosen", "*aphairethēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd singular - will be taken away", "*ap'*": "preposition + genitive - from" }, "variants": { "*henos*": "one thing/single thing", "*chreia*": "need/necessity/requirement", "*agathēn*": "good/beneficial/valuable", "*merida*": "portion/part/share", "*exelexato*": "has chosen/selected/picked out for herself", "*aphairethēsetai*": "will be taken away/removed/deprived" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Eet er fornødent. Men Maria haver udvalgt den gode Deel, som ikke skal borttages fra hende.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode delen, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal tas fra henne."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal tas fra henne.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men ett er nødvendig. Maria har valgt den gode del, som ikke skal bli tatt fra henne.»

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  verely one is nedfull. Mary hath chosen her that good parte which shall not be taken awaye from her.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  there is but one thinge nedefull. Mary hath chosen a good parte, which shal not be taken awaye from her.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will 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 inquire in His temple.
• John 10:27-28 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
• Ps 16:5-6 : 5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: You maintain my lot. 6 The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good heritage.
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with your likeness.
• Luke 18:22 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
• John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
• Mark 8:36 : 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
• Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
• Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside You.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.
• Col 3:3-4 : 3 For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
• 1 Pet 1:4-5 : 4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Col 2:10-19 : 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power: 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are raised with him through the faith of the working of God, who has raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 16 Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days; 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ. 18 Let no one beguile you of your reward in a false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
• Ps 119:30 : 30 I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.
• Ps 119:111 : 111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
• Ps 119:173 : 173 Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your precepts.
• Ps 142:5 : 5 I cried unto You, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
• Deut 30:19 : 19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live:
• Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Josh 24:22 : 22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
• Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.
• Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
• Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heed therefore how you hear: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.