Luke 10:40
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
39She had a sister called Miriam, who also sat at Yeshua’s feet and heard his word.
41Yeshua answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
Cross References
Matthew 14:15When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”
Mark 3:21When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
Luke 12:29“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:39-42
Martha and Mary. 38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about… Read the whole commentary →