So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.
A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!
As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.
And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)