Luke 10:40
But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”
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- Luke 12:29 : 29 So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.
- John 6:27 : 27 Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
- Jonah 4:1-4 : 1 Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry. 2 He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment. 3 So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!” 4 The LORD said,“Are you really so very angry?”
- Matt 14:15 : 15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying,“This is an isolated 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 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him:“God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”
- Mark 3:21 : 21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”
- Luke 9:55 : 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them,
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41But the Lord answered her,“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things,
42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
- Luke 10:37-393 verses85%
37The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”
38Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.
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19so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)
20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
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 grant you.”
23Jesus replied,“Your brother will come back to life again.”
24Martha said,“I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day.”
- John 11:28-336 verses75%
28And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately,“The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
29So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)
31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.
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2So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.
3Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair.(Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)
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5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
6But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.
7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
8She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
- John 11:1-33 verses72%
1The Death of Lazarus Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
2(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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5(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)
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7So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
- John 11:39-402 verses69%
39Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”
40Jesus responded,“Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”
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25But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!”
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36He said to them,“What do you want me to do for you?”
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7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
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24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
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6because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
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43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”
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28Peter began to speak to him,“Look, we have left everything to follow you!”
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10In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.
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44Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.