Luc 10:41

41 Le Seigneur lui répondit: Marthe, Marthe, tu t'inquiètes et tu t'agites pour beaucoup de choses.

Luc 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".

Luc 10:41 In-Context

39 Elle avait une soeur, nommée Marie, qui, s'étant assise aux pieds du Seigneur, écoutait sa parole.

40 Marthe, occupée à divers soins domestiques, survint et dit: Seigneur, cela ne te fait-il rien que ma soeur me laisse seule pour servir? Dis-lui donc de m'aider.

41 Le Seigneur lui répondit: Marthe, Marthe, tu t'inquiètes et tu t'agites pour beaucoup de choses.

42 Une seule chose est nécessaire. Marie a choisi la bonne part, qui ne lui sera point ôtée.