And in reply, the Lord said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disturbed about many things. But one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
1 Some ancient manuscripts read seventy-two. So also v. 17
7 One ancient Greek manuscript omits and drinking as part of the coordinate verb phrase eating and drinking
21 Or I give thanks
24 One ancient Greek manuscript omits and kings as part of the coordinate noun phrase prophets and kings , probably because the parallel text in Matt. 13:17 lacks it
38 Some ancient manuscripts read received Him into the house