Art anxious (μεριμναις). An old verb for worry and anxiety from μεριζω (μερις, part) to be divided, distracted. Jesus had warned a…

You are careful. You are anxious.

Troubled. Disturbed, distracted, very solicitous.

Many things. Th…

And Jesus answered.—The better manuscripts give, “And the Lord answered.” (See Note on Luke 7:13).

And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary has chos…

The Venerable Bede: The love of God and our neighbor, which was previously expressed in words and parables, is here demonstrate…

The Lord shows concern for Martha’s anxiety, but the precise meaning of his saying (v.42) is difficult to ascertain. There is no explanation of “wh…

And Jesus answered and said to her
Calling her by her name, and repeating it, Martha, Martha, which expresses great …

A good sermon is not diminished by being preached in a house; and the visits of our friends should be managed in such a way as to benefit their sou…