:TEXT: "Martha, Martha, you are worried and disturbed about many things; ·but [only] one thing is needful. For Mary has chosen" : p45 p75 \ C*,3 \ W \ Theta \ three lat vg syr(c,p,h) cop(south) : KJV ASV RSV NASVn NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: "Martha, Martha, you are worried and disturbed about many things; ·but few things are needful, or [only] one. For Mary has chosen" : p3 S B C2 L f1 33 syr(pal) (omit "or [only] one") most cop(north) one cop(north) (omit "or [only] one") : ASVn RSVn NASV NIVn NEBnNOTES: "Martha, Martha, you are disturbed; Mary has chosen" : D one lat : ASVn NOTES: "Martha, Martha; Mary has chosen" : most lat syr(s) : NEBn : Some of the evidence for the text (listed in braces) has "troubled" instead of "disturbed." The change from "one thing" to "few things" seems to have been made to soften Jesus' statement. The omission of the clause by some Western manuscripts seems to have been deliberate to remove a difficult saying. Several manuscripts (A C W Theta f13 Byz two lat syr(p,h)) read "But" instead of "For."