Word for the Week

Week beginning: 1st September, 2013

By Alan Taylor

"The Lord answered, 'Martha, Martha! You are worried and upset about so many things, but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her.'"

Luke 10 v 41-42 (CSV)

When Jesus visited the home of Mary and Martha and Martha complained to him that she was being left to do all the work while Mary sat at Jesus's feet, Jesus appeared not to be too sympathetic. As so often happens when we read of incidents in Scriptur