Luk 10:41 | JFB | STEP | 41. Martha, Martha-- emphatically redoubling upon the name. careful and cumbered-- the one word expressing the inward worrying anxiety that her preparations should be worthy of her Lord; the other, the outward bustle of those preparations. many things-- "much service" ( ); too elaborate preparation, which so engrossed her attention that she missed her Lord's teaching.

‏ Luke 10:41

41. Martha, Martha--emphatically redoubling upon the name.

careful and cumbered--the one word expressing the inward worrying anxiety that her preparations should be worthy of her Lord; the other, the outward bustle of those preparations.

many things--"much service" (Lu 10:40); too elaborate preparation, which so engrossed her attention that she missed her Lord's teaching.