Luc 10:41

41 Et Jésus lui répondit: Marthe, Marthe, tu te mets en peine et tu t'agites pour beaucoup de choses; mais une seule est nécessaire; et Marie a choisi la bonne part, qui ne lui sera point ôtée.

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 sœur nommée Marie, qui, se tenant assise aux pieds de Jésus, écoutait sa parole.

40 Et Marthe était distraite par divers soins du ménage. Étant survenue, elle dit: Seigneur, ne considères-tu point que ma sœur me laisse servir toute seule? Dis-lui donc qu'elle m'aide.

41 Et Jésus lui répondit: Marthe, Marthe, tu te mets en peine et tu t'agites pour beaucoup de choses; mais une seule est nécessaire; et Marie a choisi la bonne part, qui ne lui sera point ôtée.