Luke 10:41. Martha, Martha. The repetition indicates reproof, but the tone is still one of affection.

Thou art anxious and troubled. The first word refers more to internal anxiety, the second to the external bustle; both together describe the habit of such a character.

About many things. This may have been suggested by Martha's wish to present a variety on her table; our Lord hinting that a simpler preparation was all that was needful. But this is not the meaning of the passage, which, as the next verse shows, refers to spiritual things. Yet the bustling about the many things in the kitchen was but a sign of the bustling about many things in her religious life.

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Old Testament