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Luke 10:38-42 : Исус у дому Марије и Марте

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38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:

42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

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Jesus reproves Martha

Од стране Rev. John Clowes M.A.

Jesus Christ with Mary and Martha

There's a brief story in Luke 10:38-42, where Jesus is visiting in the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus - two sisters and their brother. It's a busy time at their house, because people have come to see Jesus, and to marvel at Lazarus, who was just raised from the dead by Jesus. Martha is working to serve the guests, and Mary is sitting and listening. Martha asks Jesus to tell Mary to help her, and - surprisingly - he doesn't. Instead, he gently reproves Martha for worrying, and says that Mary has "chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her".

It doesn't seem fair, on the face of it. But here's what's going on in the internal sense of the story:

In verses 38-39, when the Lord stops in this village to visit Martha and Mary, it means that the Lord is received by people who are love truth and of good.

In verses 41-42, when Martha is busy and stressed, she represents our state of mind when we are in the affection of truth, but are not yet purified from the anxieties of self-love. Then the Lord instructs us, that we should pay attention to the higher affection of good, and exalt it in our lives.