Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 10:40

"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." — Luke 10:40 (ASV)

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.

She wanted to get so much ready to have everything nice. So she came almost scolding the Master. She was out of temper, surely, that day. She had got to be troubled.

Dear friends, it is not wrong to labor and to work and do all we can, but it is wrong to grow cumbered with it, to get fretful, anxious, worried about this thing and that. You will not do it any better. You will probably do less, and you will do it worse.

She was cumbered about much serving.