Raising Lazarus
Another Mary and Martha Story
While Jesus and his followers were traveling, he went into a town, and a woman named Martha let him stay at her house. She had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to him teach. But her sister Martha was busy doing all the work that had to be done. Martha went in and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are getting worried and upset about too many things. Only one thing is important. Mary has made the right choice, and it will never be taken away from her.”
Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.
By Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18888555
Discussion Questions
Do you think this is the same Mary and Martha mentioned in the Gospel of John?
Why is Martha getting upset in the story?
What do you think Martha is like? What do you think Mary is like?
What was the relationship between Mary, Martha, and Jesus like?
Why does Jesus say that Mary made the right choice?