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Now it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving and came to him and said, Lord, dos
And Martha said, I know he'll rise again at the resurrection at the last day. And then Jesus says, Martha, I am the resurrection and the life. He that liveth and believeth shall live and never die. And Martha must have said those words to Mary. So what does she know? Well, she's heard these thi
She loved him so deeply, he was only worth, what, 30 pieces of silver to Judas Iscariot? His life wasn't worth anything to the Jewish leaders, but to Mary, Jesus was precious above all things, more than money, more than expensive perfumes, more than the life of her own brother Lazarus, more tha
If something's on her mind, you hear it from her mouth. She's a woman filled with nervous energy. What else is there for me to do? And she can't sit to take in for a little while some of the instruction of Jesus. You see that in her in John chapter 11. Jesus is coming, she hears. Her brother La
One thing is needful, and Mary has chosen that good part to sit at the feet of Jesus and to commune with her Savior. As we consider this passage, we take as our theme, Mary, Martha, and New Year's resolutions. So we look at this with the idea of the New Year in front of us, and we look at three
Peter and John hasten to the grave to verify that report. They too must inspect the tomb. The linen clothes that are lying there The false report of Mary brings them to the tomb. And looking in and seeing, we read they believe that Jesus is risen from the dead. Mary Magdalene follows more slowly
Before we look at Martha's error as such, let us get a glimpse at who these two women were, Martha and Mary. Because we need to be careful here this afternoon. We need to be careful not to judge Martha too harshly. Because when we recognize who Martha is, then we will see that Martha might be d
Usually she was a compassionate sister and usually Mary was a good helper, but this time Mary’s need to hear Jesus was greater than her call to work…and Martha failed to sympathize with that need and to give Mary what she needed. She failed to honor Jesus as she ought to have. She dishonored Him as