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."
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- Luke 12:29 : 29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
- John 6:27 : 27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
- Jonah 4:1-4 : 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. 3 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." 4 Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"
- Matt 14:15 : 15 When 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."
- Matt 16:22 : 22 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
- Mark 3:21 : 21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."
- Luke 9:55 : 55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.
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- Luke 10:41-422 verses90%
41 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."
- Luke 10:37-393 verses85%
37 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
38 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
- John 11:19-246 verses80%
19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
22 Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
- John 11:28-336 verses75%
28 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."
32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- John 12:2-32 verses74%
2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
3 Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
- Mark 14:5-84 verses73%
5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.
7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
- John 11:1-33 verses72%
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
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5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
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10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
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7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
- John 11:39-402 verses69%
39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"
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25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
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36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
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23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
- Luke 17:7-82 verses68%
7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'
8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
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31 He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
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13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
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13 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
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4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come."
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16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rabboni!" which is to say, "Teacher!"
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22 "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
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27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.
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24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
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41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
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6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'
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43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
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28 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."
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10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
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44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.