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Mary who cherished to hear the word of the Lord

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[Luke 10:41-42]

"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things,

but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better,

and it will not be taken away from her."

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When Jesus was in the world, there was a friend who was very close.

His friend's name was Lazarus. Lazarus had two sisters named Martha and Mary.

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One day Jesus passed through the village and was brought to their home.

The two sisters were very happy to welcome Jesus.

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Many people gathered around Jesus. Jesus even spoke of the kingdom of God there.

Those gathered there were listening to the words of Jesus.

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Among them there was a woman sitting at the feet of Jesus and listening earnestly.

It was Mary, the sister of Lazarus.

Mary was listening at the front of the crowd to hear Jesus more clearly.

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On the other hand, Martha was working very busy. “What food should I give Jesus?”

Martha wanted to serve Jesus good food.

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She was very busy trying to entertain the people who gathered there.

Martha was busy in her work and could not care about what Jesus said.

Even so hard, she could not finish her work.

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Martha wanted her sister Mary to help her. So she found her to ask for help.

And she saw Mary sitting at Jesus' feet and listening to the Word.

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“I do so many things, but Mary is sitting in front of Jesus without doing anything ...”

Martha was angry. Martha thought Mary was right to help her.

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So she went to Jesus, who was speaking the word, and accused Mary. “Jesus, I am hosting

all this alone. But why does Jesus let my sister stay here without helping me? Please tell

my sister to help me.”

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Jesus said to Martha:

“Martha, Martha! You are worried about too much work and cannot resist.

But there is only one thing that really matters.

Mary will not be taken away because she has chosen the good side.”

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Jesus taught Martha what really matters. It was to hear the words of Jesus as Mary did.

Jesus praised Mary, who sat at his feet and listened to the Word.

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Martha made two big mistakes because of her mistake that

what she did was the most important thing.

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The first one made the mistake of pointing out that Jesus was wrong.

It is wrong to say why Jesus did not send Mary to help her.

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The second was to blame Mary. Mary accused the act of hearing the words of Jesus

without helping her doing a terrible mistake.

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Through today's message, we must learn important lessons.

Jesus did not say that it was meaningless for Martha to work with the heart to entertain others.

But nothing has taught us that we cannot give priority to listening to God's Word.

First, Martha would have been greatly praised if she had a zeal for listening

to the Word of God and then serving others.

We should not be a Martha who always knows that there is nothing more important

than to listen to God's Word and to do it.

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