Martha in the Bible
Meaning: who becomes bitter; provoking
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He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1].
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.
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --
And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;
Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.
Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith to him,
Martha saith to him, 'I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'
do you believe this? yes, Lord, said Martha, I believe that thou art the Messiah the son of God, who was to come into the world.
And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."
and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;
When Martha's Jewish friends, who had been comforting her at her house, saw Mary getting up quickly and leaving, they followed her, thinking she was going to the grave site to mourn.
Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."
There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.
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And Jesus answered, and said unto her, "Martha, Martha, thou carest, and are troubled, about many things: verily one is needful. Mary hath chosen her that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."