Mary and Martha are Biblical Favorites ... says that Martha's profession of faith is an underappreciated moment in the Bible. "It's a bold proclamation, and she made it before many of the men ...

Tell her to help me." The Bible does not specify the birth order of siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, but I just feel in my bones that Martha was the oldest sister. (It takes one to know one.) ...

Over the centuries, the story of Jesus in the house of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) was often misinterpreted as exalting the life of spiritual contemplation and minimizing a life of action.

There is biblical precedent for that instinct and posture in the account of Jesus’ visit to the home of two sisters, Mary and Martha. Martha offers immediate hospitality, welcoming Jesus and then ...