Luke 10:40

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But Martha was distracted by much serving. So she came to Him and asked, 'Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me.'

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  • Luke 12:29 : 29 So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • Jonah 4:1-4 : 1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD, saying, 'O LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own land? That is why I tried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from sending calamity. 3 Now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live. 4 But the LORD said, 'Is it right for you to be angry?'
  • Matt 14:15 : 15 When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, 'This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.'
  • Matt 16:22 : 22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord! This shall never happen to You!"
  • Mark 3:21 : 21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take charge of Him, saying, "He is out of His mind."
  • Luke 9:55 : 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

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  • Luke 10:41-42
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    41The Lord answered her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.'

    42'But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'

  • Luke 10:37-39
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    85%

    37The expert in the law replied, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'

    38While they were traveling, He entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

    39She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet and listened to His word.

  • John 11:19-24
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    80%

    19Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

    20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.

    21Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'

    22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.

    23Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.'

    24Martha said to him, 'I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.'

  • John 11:28-33
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    28After she said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside, saying privately, 'The Teacher is here and is asking for you.'

    29When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

    30Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

    31The Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, saw how Mary quickly got up and went out. They followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to weep there.

    32When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'

    33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

  • John 12:2-3
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    74%

    2There they prepared a dinner for Him. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

    3Then Mary took a pound of pure, expensive nard perfume, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

  • Mark 14:5-8
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    5It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her harshly.

    6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

    7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.

    8She did what she could; she anointed my body beforehand for burial.

  • John 11:1-3
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    72%

    1Now there was a man who was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2(This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, is the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

    3So the sisters sent a message to him, saying, 'Lord, the one you love is sick.'

  • John 11:5
    72%

    5Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.

  • Matt 26:10
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    10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for Me.

  • John 12:7
    69%

    7Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of My burial preparation."

  • John 11:39-40
    2 verses
    69%

    39'Take away the stone,' he said. But Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, 'Lord, by now there is a stench, because he has been dead for four days.'

    40Jesus said to her, 'Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?'

  • Matt 15:25
    69%

    25But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

  • Mark 10:36
    68%

    36'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked.

  • Matt 15:23
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    23But Jesus did not answer her a word. So his disciples came to him, urging him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

    8Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Mark 6:31
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    31Then He said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a solitary place and rest for a while.' For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have a chance to eat.

  • Luke 16:13
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    13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  • Luke 12:13
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    13Someone from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

  • John 2:4
    66%

    4Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does this have to do with me? My time has not yet come.'

  • John 20:16
    66%

    16Jesus said to her, 'Mary.' She turned and said to him in Aramaic, 'Rabboni!' (which means 'Teacher').

  • Luke 14:22
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    22‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

  • Luke 22:27
    66%

    27For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

  • Matt 6:24
    66%

    24No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  • Mark 15:41
    66%

    41They had followed Him and cared for His needs in Galilee. Many other women who had come up with Him to Jerusalem were also there.

  • Luke 11:6
    66%

    6because a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to offer him.”

  • John 11:43
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    43After saying this, he shouted in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!'

  • Mark 10:28
    66%

    28Then Peter spoke up, 'We have left everything to follow you!'

  • Mark 10:10
    66%

    10Back at the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter.

  • Luke 7:44
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    44Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I entered your house, and you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.