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Luke 10:42

Context
10:42 but one thing 1  is needed. Mary has chosen the best 2  part; it will not be taken away from her.”

Hebrews 11:25

Context
11:25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.
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[10:42]  1 tc Or, with some mss (Ì3 [א] B C2 L 070vid Ë1 33 [579] pc), “few things are needed – or only one” (as well as other variants). The textual problem here is a difficult one to decide. The shorter reading is normally preferred, but it is not altogether clear how the variants would arise from it. However, the reading followed in the translation has good support (with some internal variations) from a number of witnesses (Ì45,75 A C* W Θ Ψ Ë13 Ï lat sa).

[10:42]  2 tn Or “better”; Grk “good.” This is an instance of the positive adjective used in place of the superlative adjective. According to ExSyn 298, this could also be treated as a positive for comparative (“better”).



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