Chinthu chimodzi chikufunika (chofunikira kwenikweni): ndipo Mariya sanasankhe malo abwino, amene sadzachotsedwa kwa iye, Mawu: Yohane 1:14.

Luka 10:39-42; Ndipo iye anali ndi mlongo wake wotchedwa Mariya, amenenso anakhala pa mapazi a Yesu, namva mawu ake. Koma Marita analefuka ndi kutumikira kwambiri, nadza kwa Iye, nati, Ambuye, kodi simusamala kuti mbale wanga wandisiya nditumikire ndekha? Muwuzeni iye chotero kuti andithandize. Ndimo Yesu naiang’ka nanena nai’, Marita, Marita, umvang’amba ndi kubvutika ndi zintu zambiri : koma tshifunika tshintu modzi : ndimo Mariya anasankha tshomwe tshiri tshabwino, chimene sichidzatshotsedwa kwa ie.

Yohane 11:2-3, 21, 25-26, 32; Ndipo anati kwa iwo, Pamene mupemphera nenani, Atate wathu wa Kumwamba, Dzina lanu liyeretsedwe. Ufumu wanu udze. Kufuna kwanu kuchitidwe, monga Kumwamba chomwecho pansi pano. Mutipatse ife tsiku ndi tsiku chakudya chathu cha tsiku ndi tsiku. Pamene munthu wamphamvu wokhala ndi zida alonda pabwalo pake, chuma chake chiri mumtendere; Pomwepo upita, nikadzitengera mizimu yina isanu ndi iwiri yoipa yoposa uwu; ndipo alowa, nakhala momwemo; Amuna aku Nineve adzawuka pa chiweruzo pamodzi ndi obadwa awa, nadzawatsutsa: pakuti iwo analapa pa kulalikira kwa Yona; ndipo onani, wamkulu woposa Yona ali pano.

Yohane 11:39-40; Yesu adati, Chotsani mwala. Marita, mlongo wake wa womwalirayo ananena ndi Iye, Ambuye, tsopano anunkha; pakuti wakhala wakufa masiku anai. Yesu ananena naye, Kodi sindinati kwa iwe, kuti, ngati ukhulupirira, udzaona ulemerero wa Mulungu?

Salmo 27:4; Chinthu chimodzi ndinachipempha kwa Yehova, ndicho chimene ndidzachifuna; kuti ndikhale m’nyumba ya Yehova masiku onse a moyo wanga, kupenya kukongola kwa Yehova, ndi kufunsira m’Kachisi wake.

Yohane 12:2-3, 7-8; Kumeneko anamkonzera Iye chakudya; ndipo Marita adatumikira: koma Lazaro adali m’modzi wa iwo akuseama pachakudya pamodzi ndi Iye. Ndimo Mariya natenga muyeso umodzi wa mafuta onunkhira bwino a nardo a mtengo wake wapatali, nadzoza mapazi a Yesu, napukuta mapazi ake ndi tsitsi lake; Pomwepo Yesu anati, Mlekeni iye; Pakuti aumphawi muli nawo pamodzi ndi inu nthawi zonse; koma simuli nane nthawi zonse.

Marko 14:3, 6, 8-9; Ndipo pokhala pa Betaniya m'nyumba ya Simoni wakhate, m'mene adaseama pachakudya, anadza mkazi ali nayo nsupa ya alabastere ya mafuta onunkhira bwino a nardo weni weni a mtengo wake wapatali; ndipo anaswa bokosi, namtsanulira pamutu pake. Ndipo Yesu anati, Mlekeni; mumvutitsiranji? wandichitira ine ntchito yabwino. Wachita chimene akanatha; adadza kudzadzozeratu thupi langa ku kuyikidwa m’manda. Indetu ndinena kwa inu, kumene kuli konse uthenga wabwino uwu udzalalikidwa ku dziko lonse lapansi, ichinso chimene adachita mkaziyo chidzanenedwa, chikhale chikumbutso cha iye.

Mpukutu #41, “Taonani, thamangani tiana, thawirani ku malo opatulika a Mawu Anga ndipo mudzavekedwa ndi mphamvu yadzidzidzi; koma amitundu adzazizwa. Inde ndikulemba, ino ndi nthawi yotsiriza ndi zizindikiro, ndipo osankhidwa Anga adzapatsidwa chizindikiro chotsiriza.