The good portion (την αγαθην μεριδα). The best dish on the table, fellowship with Jesus. This is the spiritual application of the …

But one thing is needful. That is, religion, or piety. This is eminently and uniquely needful. Other things are of little importance. This…

But one thing is needed.—Some of the better manuscripts present a singular variant reading, There is need of few thin…

And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary has chos…

The Venerable Bede: The love of God and our neighbor, which was previously expressed in words and parables, is here demonstrate…

The Lord shows concern for Martha’s anxiety, but the precise meaning of his saying (v.42) is difficult to ascertain. There is no explanation of “wh…

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…

But one thing is needful
Meaning not that one dish of meat was sufficient, and there was no need of any more, in opp…

A good sermon is not diminished by being preached in a house; and the visits of our friends should be managed in such a way as to benefit their sou…