Luke 10:40

Good News Translation

Martha was upset over all the work she had to do, so she came and said, “Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!”

Cross References

Matthew 14:15

That evening his disciples came to him and said, “It is already very late, and this is a lonely place. Send the people away and let them go to the villages to buy food for themselves.”

Matthew 16:22

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “God forbid it, Lord!” he said. “That must never happen to you!”

Mark 3:21

When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, “He's gone mad!”

Luke 10:38

As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him in her home.

Luke 10:41

The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things,

Luke 12:29

“So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink.

Luke 9:55

Jesus turned and rebuked them.

John 11:1

A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. (

John 11:5

Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

John 12:2

They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him.”