Luke 10:39 Cross References - Living_Oracles

³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the feet of Jesus, listening to his discourse:

⁴⁶ And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

³⁵ And the inhabitants flocked out to see what had happened. Being come to Jesus, and finding the man of whom the demons were dispossessed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind, they were afraid.

¹ Now, one Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.

³ Then Mary, taking a pound of the balsam of spikenard, which was very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair, so that the house was filled with the odor of the balsam.

³ and he said, I am, indeed, a Jew, born at Tarsus, in Cilicia, but educated in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, accurately instructed in the law of our fathers; being zealous for God, as you all are at this day:

³² Besides, I would have you without anxious care. The unmarried man anxiously cares for the things of the Lord; how he shall please the Lord. ³³ But he who is married, anxiously cares for the things of the world; how he shall please his wife. ³⁴ There is the like difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried woman anxiously cares for the things of the Lord; that she may be holy, both in body and spirit: but she who is married, anxiously cares for the things of the world; how she shall please her husband. ³⁵ Now, this I say, for your own benefit; not with a view to lay a snare for you, but for that which is becoming, and best adapted to a steady, uninterrupted adherence to the Lord. ³⁶ But if any one thinks he acts improperly toward his virgin, if she be above age, unmarried, and so needs to be married; let him do what she inclines, he does not sin: let such marry. ³⁷ But he who stands firm in his heart; not having necessity, and has power concerning his own will; and has determined this in his own heart, to keep his virgin, does well. ³⁸ So, then, even he who gives her in marriage, does well; but he who gives her not in marriage, does better. ³⁹ A wife is bound, as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she pleases; only in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she continue as she is. This is my opinion; and I think I have the Spirit of God.