Luke 10:40
and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'
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- Luke 12:29 : 29 `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
- John 6:27 : 27 work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'
- Jonah 4:1-4 : 1 And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it; 2 and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou `art' a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil? 3 And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better `is' my death than my life.' 4 And Jehovah saith, `Is doing good displeasing to thee?'
- Matt 14:15 : 15 and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'
- Matt 16:22 : 22 And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'
- Mark 3:21 : 21 and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,
- Luke 9:55 : 55 and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;
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- Luke 10:41-422 verses90%
41 And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,
42 but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.'
- Luke 10:37-393 verses85%
37 and he said, `He who did the kindness with him,' then Jesus said to him, `Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.'
38 And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,
39 and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,
- John 11:19-246 verses80%
19 and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;
20 Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.
21 Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
22 but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'
23 Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'
24 Martha saith to him, `I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'
- John 11:28-336 verses75%
28 And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, `The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'
29 she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;
30 and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;
31 the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- `She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'
32 Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'
33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,
- John 12:2-32 verses74%
2 they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;
3 Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.
- Mark 14:5-84 verses73%
5 for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.
6 And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;
7 for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;
8 what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.
- John 11:1-33 verses72%
1 And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --
2 and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --
3 therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'
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5 And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
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10 And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;
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7 Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,
- John 11:39-402 verses69%
39 Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died -- Martha -- saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'
40 Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'
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25 And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;'
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36 and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'
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23 And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;'
- Luke 17:7-82 verses68%
7 `But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?
8 but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?
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31 and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,
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13 `No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'
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13 And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
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4 Jesus saith to her, `What -- to me and to thee, woman? not yet is mine hour come.'
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16 Jesus saith to her, `Mary!' having turned, she saith to him, `Rabbouni;' that is to say, `Teacher.'
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22 `And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.
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27 for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.
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24 `None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.
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41 (who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
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6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,
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43 And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, `Lazarus, come forth;'
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28 And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'
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10 And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,
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44 And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;