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Luke 10:40

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.

KJV

ἡ δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν· ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν· κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὸν οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.

Greek NT

Martha autem satagebat circa frequens ministerium : quæ stetit, et ait : Domine, non est tibi curæ quod soror mea reliquit me solam ministrare ? dic ergo illi ut me adjuvet.

Vulgate

But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

ASV

But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve? Speak to her therefore, that she help me.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μάρθα
martha
noun · 13×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διακονέω
diakoneo
verb · 37×
διακονία
diakonia
noun · 34×
καταλείπω
kataleipo
verb · 25×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλω
melo
verb · 10×
μόνος
monos
adjective · 48×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
περισπάω
perispao
verb · 1×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
συναντιλαμβάνομαι
sunantilambanomai
verb · 2×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀδελφή
adelphe
noun · 26×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐφίστημι
ephistemi
verb · 20×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: κατέλειπεν | WH/Treg/RP: κατέλειπεν | NIV: κατέλιπεν
  • κατέλειπενSBLGNT
  • κατέλειπενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • κατέλιπενReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἰπὲ | Treg/NIV/RP: εἰπὲ | WH: εἰπὸν
  • εἰπὲSBLGNT
  • εἰπὲTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • εἰπὸνWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:21 — Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
  • 1Cor 7:34 — There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the thi
  • 1Cor 7:35 — And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
  • Eccl 10:20 — Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
  • Gen 16:5 — And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
  • John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • Jonah 4:1 — But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
  • Luke 12:29 — And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
  • Matt 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raime
  • Matt 14:15 — And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
  • Matt 16:22 — Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
  • Ps 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.