Lucas 10:41

41 Respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Marta, Marta, estás ansiosa e perturbada com muitas coisas;

Lucas 10:41 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:41

And Jesus answered and said unto her
Calling her by her name, and repeating it, Martha, Martha, which expresses great intimacy and friendship, and much earnestness, and, as it were, pitying her present situation and circumstances:

thou art careful and troubled about many things;
intimating, that she was over anxious, and too solicitous, and more thoughtful and careful than she need be: he did not require such preparations for him, and so much attendance; she gave herself an unnecessary trouble in providing so many things for his entertainment, when less would have sufficed; so that instead of joining with her in her request, he reproves her for her over anxious care and solicitude, to have a nice and plentiful feast. The Persic version gives a sense quite contrary to the design of the text, rendering the words thus, "thou art adorned in all things, and hast the preference above many women".

Lucas 10:41 In-Context

39 Tinha esta uma irmã chamada Maria, a qual, sentando-se aos pés do Senhor, ouvia a sua palavra.

40 Marta, porém, andava preocupada com muito serviço; e aproximando-se, disse: Senhor, não se te dá que minha irmã me tenha deixado a servir sozinha? Dize-lhe, pois, que me ajude.

41 Respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Marta, Marta, estás ansiosa e perturbada com muitas coisas;

42 entretanto poucas são necessárias, ou mesmo uma só; e Maria escolheu a boa parte, a qual não lhe será tirada.