luke 10:40 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.

luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up [to Him], and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me."

40. cumbered--"distracted."
came to him--"presented herself before Him," as from another apartment, in which her sister had "left her to serve (or make preparation) alone."
carest thou not . . . my sister, &c.--"Lord, here am I with everything to do, and this sister of mine will not lay a hand to anything; thus I miss something from Thy lips, and Thou from our hands."
bid her, &c.--She presumes not to stop Christ's teaching by calling her sister away, and thus leaving Him without His one auditor, nor did she hope perhaps to succeed if she had tried.

luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up [to Him], and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me."

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