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butδέfew thingsὀλίγωνareἐστινneeded,χρείαorἢonlyone;ἑνόςforγὰρMaryΜαριὰμhas chosenἐξελέξατοthe goodτὴν ἀγαθὴνportion,μερίδαwhichἥτιςwill notοὐκbe taken awayἀφαιρεθήσεταιfrom her.”αὐτῆς
Luke 10:42
Study it in the app“but few things are needed, or only one; for Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:42, word by word
- few thingsὀλίγωνoligōn
few
In small number or amount, not many.
Where else “oligōn” appears- areἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- neededχρείαchreia
need
What is lacking, required.
Where else “chreia” appears- oneἑνόςhenos
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “henos” appears- MaryΜαριὰμMariam
Mary
Mary, the name of several women in the New Testament: Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and others.
Where else “Mariam” appears- has chosenἐξελέξατοexelexato
choose
Choose, select.
Where else “exelexato” appears- the goodἀγαθὴνagathēn
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathēn” appears- portionμερίδαmerida
share
What falls to someone.
Where else “merida” appears- be taken awayἀφαιρεθήσεταιaphairethēsetai
cut off, take away
Take away, cut off.
Where else “aphairethēsetai” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read only “but one thing is necessary.”
The context
41But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things;
42 · This verse (above)
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)