Luke 10:40 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 10:40

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (604)

(6. Mor. c. 18.) Or by Mary who sat and heard our Lord's words, is signified the contemplative life; by Martha engaged in more outward services, the active life. Now Martha's care is not blamed, but Mary is praised, for great are the rewards of an active life, but those of a contemplative are far better. Hence Mary's part it is said will never be taken away from her, for the works of an active life pass away with the body, but the joys of the contemplative life the rather begin to increase from the end.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But Martha was cumbered about much serving,.... "Or was drawn off", from hearing the word, from attending on Christ; being taken up in providing for him, and those that came with him; in dressing food, or in ordering her servants, how she would have every thing done, and in overlooking them, that every thing was done in proper order; so that she had a great deal of business upon her head and hands, which distracted her thoughts, or took them off of divine things, and put her in great hurry and concern.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Martha was cumbered - Περιεσπατο, perplexed, from περι, about, and σπαω, I draw. She was harassed with different cares and employments at the same time; one drawing one way, and another, another: a proper description of a worldly mind. But in Martha’s favor it may be justly said, that all her anxiety was to provide suitable and timely entertainment for our Lord and his disciples; for this is the sense in which the word διακονιαν, serving, should be taken.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 927: “Martha And Mary” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1870)

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
Μάρθα	Martha	Martha	G3136 →
περιεσπᾶτο	periespato	was distracted	G4049 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
πολλὴν	pollēn	much	G4183 →
διακονίαν.	diakonian	service.	G1248 →
ἐπιστᾶσα	epistasa	having come up	G2186 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	she said;	G2036 →
κύριε,	kurie	Lord,	G2962 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
μέλει	melei	is it concerning	G3199 →
σοι	soi	to You	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφή	adelphē	sister	G79 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
μόνην	monēn	alone	G3441 →
με	me	me	G3165 →
κατέλιπεν	katelipen	has left	G2641 →
διακονεῖν;	diakonein	to serve?	G1247 →
εἰπὲ	eipe	do speak	G2036 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
συναντιλάβηται.¶	sunantilabētai	she may help!	G4878 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 6:27
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 placed His seal of…
leads to
- Colossians 3:2
  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- Isaiah 55:2
  Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the…
- John 6:54
  Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 2 Timothy 2:19
  Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- John 6:40
  For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Through
Luke 12:29
And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
leads to
- Matthew 6:31
  Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
- Luke 12:22
  Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 22:35
  Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.