Luke 10:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her, then, to help me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]!

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ By contrast, Martha was preoccupied with getting everything ready for their meal. So Martha came to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to prepare the table all by myself? Tell her to help me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Now Martha was continually busying herself with serving. And she stood still and said: "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, speak to her, so that she may help me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve? speak to her therefore, that she help me.

Luke 10:40 Cross References

Matthew 14:15

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Matthew 16:22

And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.”

Mark 3:21

When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”

Luke 10:38

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him.

Luke 10:41

But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things,

Luke 12:29

And do not keep seeking what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying.

Luke 9:55

But he turned and rebuked them.

John 11:1

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:5

Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus,

John 12:2

There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”